Apr 25, 2023
Ocado warehouse closure puts 2,300 jobs at risk
Ocado will stop operations its Hatfield customer fulfilment centre later this year, putting 2,300 jobs at risk. The online grocer, which runs the site in a joint venture with Marks & Spencer, said it hopes to redeploy as many staff as possible to other centres, including its new Luton site. The firm says the Hatfield site - which was its first fulfilment centre - handles around a fifth of the 400,000 orders it processes per week. Ocado said its latest generation of automated fulfilment centres were "Consistently achieving well over 200 units picked per labour hour", compared to around 150 for its first generation site in Hatfield. Boss Tim Steiner said that now was the right time to halt operations at Hatfield and consider "Future options for the site".
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