Online grocer Ocado has said its sales were hit by the recent disruption caused by heavy snow and winter storms as it battled to deliver orders in the “most trying conditions”. Online grocer Ocado has said its sales were hit by the recent disruption caused by heavy snow and winter storms as it battled to deliver orders in the “most trying conditions”. Average orders per week rose by 11.1% to 280,000, the group added. Ocado Boss Tim Steiner Chief executive Tim Steiner said: “We operated at maximum capacity for most of the quarter and were impacted by the winter storms that caused widespread disruption during the final week. Shares in Ocado fell more than 1% after its trading update.

Source: Irish Independent March 20, 2018 08:03 UTC