M&S launches home-delivery service from 142 UK stores on Deliveroo today – before its £750m Ocado deal is due to begin in September
- M&S have made more than 130 food and household items available on Deliveroo
- There is a £4.99 delivery charge but all other costs remain the same as in store
- M&S will also launch on Ocado when Ocado’s deal to supply Waitrose expires
- Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19
M&S have launched on Deliveroo and will deliver store favourites to customers’s doors in 30 minutes amid coronavirus lockdown.
The upmarket grocer had a trial partnership with Deliveroo and after its success, have made more than 130 M&S food, beverage and household items available across the country.
You can get favourites such as Gastropub meals, ready-prepared Indian, Chinese and Italian dishes, fresh produce and even packs of Percy Pigs delivered to your door.
M&S have launched on Deliveroo and will deliver 130 store favourites to customers’s doors in 30 minutes amid coronavirus lockdown
Customer favourites including the M&S 100 per cent orange juice, the 12′ Stone Baked Cheese & Tomato Pizza, their 4 Pint Semi Skimmed Milk, the Super Seed Loaf 800g, and their Chilli & Rice Meal will also be available.
The Deliveroo range also includes basics such as fruit, vegetables, pasta, alcohol and toilet roll.
M&S have never had a delivery service before but have launched their Deliveroo service to help families in lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Families are struggling to get hold of vital items as there are massive queues for supermarkets due to social distancing measures.
There is a £4.99 delivery charge for the service, but other prices remain the same as in store.
But M&S have introduced a two-item limit on some purchases as many families are turning to online ordering as they are encouraged to stay indoors during lockdown.
Shoppers queue in large numbers outside Marks and Spencer Foodhall in South London as more shoppers turn to online ordering to adhere to social distancing measures
Deliveroo and Co-op also recently announced a new nationwide partnership.
There are now nearly 400 Co-op stores on Deliveroo across the UK, meaning families at home can access household items 7 days a week in under 30 minutes.
Supermarket retailer Morrisons has also partnered with Deliveroo to offer beer and wine delivered direct to people’s homes.
Their participating outlets include Salisbury SF Connect, Birmingham, Plymouth and Belfast along with many others across the country.
Supermarket retailer Morrisons has also partnered with Deliveroo to offer beer and wine delivered direct to people’s homes
M&S’s delivery service comes as they also launched ‘essentials boxes’, meaning families can get vital items delivered to them for £35.
This comes after M&S are due to deliver their full range through Ocado from September.
M&S will pay Ocado £750million for a 50% share of the new venture, when Ocado’s deal to supply Waitrose products expires.
The £600million cash call on its shareholders will bring its ready meals and other food hall items in a £1.5billion deal with Ocado.
But analysts raised concerns that M&S overpaid for the Ocado deal, worrying after M&S shares fell by 12%, the biggest one-day fall since 2016 while Ocado’s shares rose by 3%.
M&S are due to deliver their full range through Ocado from September, when the delivery service’s deal with Waitrose expires
Neil Wilson, the chief market analyst at Markets.com, said to the Guardian: ‘M&S’s purchase of Ocado’s UK retail business looks rather like one of its own ready meals – expensive, not very good for you but easy, quick and ready to heat up.’
Ocado announced last year that it had cut ties with Waitrose after 19 years – to sign with the middle-class favourite’s arch-rivals Marks & Spencer.
Many shoppers are not pleased that Ocado’s deal will change amid coronavirus concerns and uncertainty.
Waitrose will refocus its online efforts into Waitrose.com after the deal loss with Ocado.
FULL LIST OF PARTICIPATING M&S OUTLETS ON DELIVEROO
Abington Avenue SF Connect
Adel SF Connect
Ashford SFC
Barnwood SF Connect
Basildon SF Connect
Bedford SF Connect
Bessborough SF Connect
Blackbird Hill SF Connect
Bracknell SF Connect
Bradwell Abbey SFC
Braintree SF Connect
Bury Street SF Connect
Bush Centre SF Connect
By-Pass SF Connect
Byron SF Connect
Cambridge Road SF Connect
Canonmills SF Connect
Chatham SF Connect
Cheadle Hulme SF Connect
Cheriton SF Connect
Church View SF Connect
Clarendon SF Connect
Cockfosters SF Connect
Colchester SF Connect
Cranford SF Connect
Cromwell Road South SF Connect
Cross Keys SF Connect
Crownwood SF Connect
Downham SF Connect
East Mayne SF Connect
Eastwood SF Connect
Esplanade SF Connect
Ewell SF Connect
Finchley Lane SF Connect
Four Acres SF Connect
Garlinge SF Connect
Goddington SF Connect
Godstone Road SF Connect
Greengate SF Connect
Grove Road SF Connect
Gunnersbury Park SF Connect
Guyscliffe SF Connect
Haberden SF Connect
Hampton Court SF Connect
Harborough SF Connect
Harlow Gate SF Connect
Harlow SF Connect
Heaton Mersey SF Connect
Highfield SF Connect
Highway SF Connect
Hillingdon SF Connect
Hillside SF Connect
Hornbill SF Connect
Hove SF Connect
Hutton Mount SF Connect
Jorvik SF Connect
Kellys Corner SF Connect
Kempton Park SF Connect
Kensington SF Connect
Kilsmore Way SF Connect
Kingsway West SFC
Lee SF Connect
London Road SF Connect
Longman SF Connect
Lower Wick SF Connect
Merrow SF Connect
Mitcham Road SF Connect
Mottingham SF Connect
Mount SF Connect
Mousehold SF Connect
Mytchett SF Connect
Newnham Avenue SF Connect
Northolt Park SF Connect
Oak Farm SF Connect
Oakfield SF Connect
Odeon SF Connect
Ongar Road SF Connect
Pannal SF Connect
Park SF Connect
Penns Lane SF Connect
Perivale SF Connect
Perry Street SF Connect
Perth Services SF Connect
Pinkham Way SF Connect
Pollokshaws SF Connect
Prestbury Road SF Connect
Rankin SF Connect
Ravenscroft SF Connect
Rosetta SF Connect
Rush Green SF Connect
Salisbury SF Connect
Shepperton SF Connect
Shirley SF Connect
Slateford Road SF Connect
Solihull SF Connect
Sonning Cutting SF Connect
St Albans SF Connect
Stonebridge SF Connect
Stourbridge SF Connect
Swanbridge SF Connect
Tilehurst SF Connect
Townsend SF Connect
Trafalgar SF Connect
Triangle SF Connect
Trinity SF Connect
Tudor SF Connect
Upton Way SF Connect
Wandsworth SF Connect
Ware Road SF Connect
Waterfall SF Connect
Watford Way SF Connect
Weldale SF Connect
West End SF Connect
West Street SF Connect
Western Avenue SF Connect
Widmore SF Connect
Wilmslow SF Connect
Wimbledon Chase SF Connect
Wokingham SF Connect
Woodcote SF Connect
Woodstock SF Connect
Wrythe SF Connect
Pantheon
Kingston
Cardiff
Edinburgh
Leeds
Liverpool
Brent Cross
Newcastle
Nottingham
Exeter
Cambridge
Birmingham
Canterbury
Plymouth
Aberdeen
Glasgow Ast
Belfast
Solihull
Bath
Derby
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