HISTORICAL FACTS: 4 | History Defined

Ocado failing to deliver on its potential as one of UK’s great technology hopes

Firm’s automated warehouses are struggling to compete against swift deliveries from stores by bike riders

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26

Ocado share price falls as retailer confirms around 1,000 jobs losses

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The Independent UK · Feb 26

Ocado to cut 1,000 jobs in £150m cost-saving drive

Retail technology business to reduce about 5% of global workforce, with two-thirds of job losses affecting UK

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26

‘Reminded me of a cheese, onion and mayo sandwich’: the best (and worst) supermarket quiche, tasted and rated

Which quiche egg-celled and which crumbled in the face of our rigorous taste test?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14

Walkers revives two discontinued Easter crisp flavours - to a mixed reaction

Limited-edition Sensations Chilli & Cocoa and Lamb & Mint have hit the shelves, delighting some shoppers and disgusting others

Evening Standard · Feb 13

Three quarters of Britons would rather stay home on Valentine’s Day – poll

Some 57% of 25 to 34-year-olds also say they have regretted how much they spent on Valentine’s Day, the survey for Zopa found.

Evening Standard · Feb 12

Breakfast favourite urgently recalled over plastic fears

The FSA have warned that the potential presence of hard white plastic in the brioches make them unsafe to eat

Evening Standard · Feb 10

Ocado plans cost-cutting drive with up to 1,000 jobs at risk, says report

Ocado Group declined to comment but said the business regularly reviewed operations to ensure it was set up for ‘long-term success’.

Evening Standard · Feb 9

‘Opened with a satisfying phwummp’: the best supermarket sauerkraut, tasted and rated

Crunch, sourness and full of nourishment – but which jar of fermented cabbage is a cut above the rest?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7

We’re all obsessed with 'posh' butter beans: Here are the only ones worth buying

Notice an abundance of butter beans lately? You’re not imagining it. Kate Ng charts the latest foodie trend and selects the best jars to buy now

Evening Standard · Feb 5