After hiring 4,000 new drivers and 12,000 new pickers Tesco have this week become the first retailer in the UK to fulfil one million online grocery orders in a week.
In the coming weeks Tesco expect the weekly delivery to reach 1.2 million weekly slots – double the number of slots at the start of the COVID-19 crisis.
Chris Poad, Managing Director, Online, said: “Now, more than ever, it’s important we do everything we can to help people get access to food, particularly our most vulnerable customers. We’ve rapidly changed our online business to help create more slots for people that need them most – from recruiting thousands of new colleagues to changing the way we pick and pack orders. We know there’s still more we can do and we’ll keep working hard to find ways we can serve even more people through this time.”
We are also supporting food banks and community groups across the country with a £30m package of support, including a £25m food donation programme, to ensure people across the nation are able to access the food they need.
