{"id":7183,"date":"2019-02-06T11:13:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T11:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/ocado-warehouse-fire-sales-warning-as-shares-drop\/"},"modified":"2019-02-06T11:13:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T11:13:20","slug":"ocado-warehouse-fire-sales-warning-as-shares-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/ocado-warehouse-fire-sales-warning-as-shares-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocado warehouse fire: Sales warning as shares drop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ocado shares have dropped 6% and the retailer has warned over a hit to sales following a huge fire which swept through its warehouse in Hampshire.<\/p>\n

About 200 firefighters spent the night tackling the blaze, which broke out on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

The online grocer said it expected a fall in sales growth until it could shift operations to other warehouses.<\/p>\n

More than 30,000 orders are processed by robots at the Andover warehouse each week. <\/p>\n

Ocado has not given any detail about what the impact will be to customers.<\/p>\n

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The site, on the Walworth Industrial Estate, accounts for 10% of Ocado’s capacity.<\/p>\n

Ocado said it had comprehensive insurance for the property, stock and equipment and for business interruption losses.<\/p>\n

“Once we have had time to assess the damage and prepare a plan to return the CFC (customer fulfilment centre) to operation we will update further as appropriate,” a spokesman said.<\/p>\n

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Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said about 70 firefighters remain at the site and urged nearby residents to keep doors and windows shut.<\/p>\n

Four firefighters have been treated for minor smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n

No Ocado staff were injured.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday Ocado said it had cancelled some customer orders<\/a> because of the fire and it was “working hard to resume normal service as soon as possible”.<\/p>\n

The blaze came on the same day it reported widening losses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The company recorded a pre-tax loss of \u00a344.4m for the year ending 2 December 2018, compared with \u00a39.8m in the previous 12 months.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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