M&S to offer dinner and groceries at the front door within two hours in London and Reading trialMarks & Spencer has launched an online grocery service that will enable shoppers to have their dinner delivered to their front door within an hour. The Guardian revealed in April M&S was working on an online food service, and on Friday the store launched trials in London and Woodley, near Reading. “We have started two small food online trials with selected Sparks members as we explore what works for our customers,” an M&S spokesman said. Until now, selling food online has not made sense for M&S as its customers do not typically spend enough on each visit to make the service viable. But the trial is tapping into a food home delivery boom as Britons increasingly use app-based services such as Deliveroo, Just Eat, UberEats to have meals delivered.

Source: The Guardian September 22, 2017 14:18 UTC