Online grocer Ocado has cheered another milestone for its global robotic warehouse arm after confirming the opening of its first Australian sites with retail giant Coles. Ocado said the warehouses went live last month for customer Coles – one of Australia’s biggest retailers – covering the Melbourne and Sydney areas.
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00:00Hello, my name is Greg Wright. I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post and
00:06here are your business headlines for this morning.
00:09The online grocer Ocado has highlighted another milestone in the development of its global
00:15robotic warehouse arm after confirming the opening of its first Australian sites within
00:22the retail giant Coles.
00:25Ocado said the warehouses went live last month for its customer Coles, which is one of Australia's
00:31biggest retailers, covering the Melbourne and Sydney areas. It will help Coles ramp
00:38up customer service across the two areas, while it will also shift next day home delivery
00:44orders in and around the city centres from the stores to new Ocado-powered warehouses
00:49by the end of December, according to Ocado.
00:52It's an update this morning for Ocado, which has seen another milestone achieved for the
00:56development of its global robotic warehouse arm.
01:01My name is Greg Wright. I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.