Ocado pays Easter tribute to staff amid coronavirus outbreak
Ocado has taken to Twitter to wish its customers a happy Easter and thanks its delivery drivers and other staff for their hard work during the coronavirus crisis.
“It’s not a normal Easter this year but we hope that you and your family can still share a nice meal, a treasure hunt in the garden or a video call with a glass of fizz,” the pureplay said.
“It’s definitely not normal for us either, it’s the first Easter Sunday we’re delivering - this allows us to deliver to an extra 20,000 homes,” it added.
“A huge thank you to our drivers, including Wayne (pictured above) and colleagues who volunteered to work and help to feed the nation over the long weekend.”
Under pressure
As the coronavirus intensified, Ocado last month published an open letter to its customers, entitled ‘What a pickle’.
Around the same time, its Chairman, Stuart Rose, called on Brits to stop stockpiling groceries.
Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme, he said: “There is no shortage of food. Nobody will starve. There is a £1 billion more food in people’s larders than there was a couple of weeks ago. What are they doing with it? How much do you need to eat? How much do you need to store away?”
CEO Melanie Smith, meanwhile, commented: “We currently have 10 times more demand for our services now than we did before the outbreak began, and with every announcement, we see a further extraordinary surge of customers to Ocado.com. No matter how hard we work, we will not have enough capacity to serve the unprecedented levels of demand.”
