For those who do online deliveries

[SueEllen]

Don't use Waitrose until they buck up their ideas.

Use Tesco, Asda or Ocado

https://www.theguardian.com/business...ailer-uk-which

Waitrose has been rated Britain’s worst large online retailer for grocery freshness, according to research.

The consumer group Which? investigated the quality and longevity of fresh produce from British supermarkets. Twelve undercover shoppers ordered more than 1,000 items from six retailers to examine how fresh their food and drink products were.


Each Which? shopper ordered the same 16 perishable items from each of the online supermarkets. Analysts totalled up the number of full hours remaining from the time of delivery to midnight on the use-by date for each item and calculated an average time per supermarket.

Tesco came top for freshness, with items lasting an average of 11 days. The supermarket showed the expected shelf life of perishable items on its website and had no examples of damaged packaging or food that had gone off by the time it was delivered, unlike some rivals.

Tesco was closely followed by Asda, which had an average of 10.5 days of shelf life on its products on all grocery items, although it did deliver one pack of bacon on its use-by date.

The online-only firm Ocado was closely behind Asda with an average life of 10.4 days for products.

[ladymuck]

And don't use Ocado Zoom if you're in their delivery area

https://www.theguardian.com/business...than-5-an-hour

Drivers delivering groceries for Ocado are earning less than the minimum wage, the Observer can reveal.

The drivers, who deliver orders for the online retailer’s rapid delivery service, Ocado Zoom, were previously guaranteed an hourly wage of £14. But they are not employed directly by Ocado and claim their income plunged after the company brought in a new delivery partner, Ryde, in June.

Faizan Babar, who has been delivering Ocado groceries for more than two years, said he could not afford to take his two young daughters on holiday this year or replace their broken scooter. “I’m making on average £50 on a 10-hour shift. And we pay for our own cars, tax, fuel and insurance out of that. It works out less than £5 an hour. Ocado is treating us like dirt.”

Babar, 30, works from 7am to 8pm some days just to keep up with his bills – anything else is a luxury he cannot afford. “I can’t give any time to my daughters or wife. I can’t even take them on a day out,” he said. “My daughter wants to go to Chessington [theme park] but I can’t afford it. I feel horrible. I can’t talk to her about it.”

Babar said that many of his colleagues had seen their earnings fall by between 50% and 70% since Ryde took over from Ocado’s previous delivery partner.

Payslips seen by the Observer show that Babar earned an estimated £5 an hour in the first week of August and £2.91 an hour in the last week of July. “It’s not enough to survive on. I’m having to claim universal credit,” he said. “Every one of us is struggling.”

[vetran]

And don't use Ocado Zoom if you're in their delivery area

https://www.theguardian.com/business...than-5-an-hour

Drivers delivering groceries for Ocado are earning less than the minimum wage, the Observer can reveal.

The drivers, who deliver orders for the online retailer’s rapid delivery service, Ocado Zoom, were previously guaranteed an hourly wage of £14. But they are not employed directly by Ocado and claim their income plunged after the company brought in a new delivery partner, Ryde, in June.

Faizan Babar, who has been delivering Ocado groceries for more than two years, said he could not afford to take his two young daughters on holiday this year or replace their broken scooter. “I’m making on average £50 on a 10-hour shift. And we pay for our own cars, tax, fuel and insurance out of that. It works out less than £5 an hour. Ocado is treating us like dirt.”

Babar, 30, works from 7am to 8pm some days just to keep up with his bills – anything else is a luxury he cannot afford. “I can’t give any time to my daughters or wife. I can’t even take them on a day out,” he said. “My daughter wants to go to Chessington [theme park] but I can’t afford it. I feel horrible. I can’t talk to her about it.”

Babar said that many of his colleagues had seen their earnings fall by between 50% and 70% since Ryde took over from Ocado’s previous delivery partner.

Payslips seen by the Observer show that Babar earned an estimated £5 an hour in the first week of August and £2.91 an hour in the last week of July. “It’s not enough to survive on. I’m having to claim universal credit,” he said. “Every one of us is struggling.”

<Remainer slaver mode>Lazy brits don't want to work bring in the EU workers so we can use them to undercut wages.</Remainer slaver mode>


disgusting!

[northernladuk]

Abusing poor, underpaid staff to service posh people. Isn't that how it's supposed to work since time began? If they want fair pay they've got the Co-operatives haven't they? Nothing to see here.