Service will cover more than 99% of UK households, says supermarket as fears grow over Amazon’s foray into groceries marketTesco is going head to head with Amazon by extending its same-day online grocery delivery service across the UK. Britain’s biggest supermarket chain said on Monday that the service, which is only available in London and rest of the south-east, will now be rolled out across the country, covering “over 99% of UK households”. Tesco claimed this would give it the “biggest reach of any retailer in the UK, stretching from the Shetland Islands in Scotland to Cornwall in south-west England”. The retailer has also recently extended its same-day click and collect service to 300 UK locations and last month launched a one-hour delivery service in central London. Amazon, which has also teamed up with Morrisons in the UK, operates its service across London, Surrey and parts of Hampshire.

Source: The Guardian July 24, 2017 15:00 UTC