Ocado Group PLC Trading Statement (0907C)
January 14 2015 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 0907C
Ocado Group PLC
14 January 2015
14 January 2015
Ocado Group plc
Christmas Trading Statement
Gross sales (Retail) for the 31 days of December were 14.8% up
on last year.
Tim Steiner, Chief Executive Officer of Ocado, said:
"We continued the solid growth performance from Quarter 4 into
the run up to Christmas. On our biggest day leading up to
Christmas, sales were nearly GBP6m, up over 15% on the previous
year. In the seven days to Christmas, our CFCs processed nearly 40%
more items for Ocado.com and Morrisons.com than over the same
period last year, demonstrating the capabilities of our
facilities.
"Our focus remained on delivering the highest service levels at
this very important time for customers, while offering the widest
range at competitive prices."
The Preliminary Results Announcement will be made on 3 February
2015.
Contacts
-- Duncan Tatton-Brown, Chief Financial Officer, on 01707 228 000
-- David Hardiman-Evans, Head of IR & Corporate Finance, on 01707 228 000
-- David Shriver or Katharine Wynne, Tulchan Communications on 020 7353 4200
Notes
1. Gross sales (Retail) refers to the results of Ocado.com,
Fetch.co.uk and Sizzle.co.uk, our retail operations. Gross sales
include revenue plus VAT and marketing vouchers.
2. The figures used in this announcement are unaudited.
3. A copy of this trading update is available on www.ocadogroup.com.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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