Ocado to create 2,000 new food jobs with Midlands distribution centre
Online grocery company Ocado have this week announced the development of a second distributions centre, a move that will create up to 2,000 new food jobs and allow the company to deliver to 85 per cent of UK homes.
The new distribution centre is to be based near Tamworth in the Midlands, costing around £210 million to build and expected to be open and staffed by the end of 2012. This will require the recruitment of up to 2,000 staff in food jobs by this target date.
Ocado - which currently delivers groceries for luxury supermarket Waitrose - has said that if the demand from customers is there, the depot will be able to boost handling capacity from an initial 120,000 orders a week to 180,000, which is the equivalent of £1 billion in extra sales. This means that Ocado will effectively be able to double the total potential capacity of the business.
As well as increasing capacity, this second distribution depot will also enable Ocado to deliver to 85 per cent of postcodes. Operating just from the company's Hatfield base, Ocado is only able to deliver to 65 per cent at present.
The new distribution centre is to be based near Tamworth in the Midlands, costing around £210 million to build and expected to be open and staffed by the end of 2012. This will require the recruitment of up to 2,000 staff in food jobs by this target date.
Ocado - which currently delivers groceries for luxury supermarket Waitrose - has said that if the demand from customers is there, the depot will be able to boost handling capacity from an initial 120,000 orders a week to 180,000, which is the equivalent of £1 billion in extra sales. This means that Ocado will effectively be able to double the total potential capacity of the business.
As well as increasing capacity, this second distribution depot will also enable Ocado to deliver to 85 per cent of postcodes. Operating just from the company's Hatfield base, Ocado is only able to deliver to 65 per cent at present.
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