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LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - British supermarket group
Morrisons is creating more than 1,000 jobs to pick and
pack orders for its services on Amazon, it said on
Wednesday.
Morrisons said it was recruiting the additional workers to
process customer orders from over 50 stores, covering most of
the United Kingdom's major cities and many towns.
All of Britain's big four grocers - market leader Tesco
, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons - are
adding capacity to their online home delivery operations to meet
increased demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Online shopping has gone from around 7% of the total UK
grocery market at the start of the crisis to about 15% currently
and pure online player Ocado reckons it could reach 30%
over the next few years.
Last month Amazon expanded its relationship with Morrisons
so Prime members have access to its full range on the internet
giant's main website.
Amazon and Morrisons have had a tie-up since 2016 and have
been steadily growing their links, leading to speculation that
the U.S. group could even emerge as a possible bidder for
Britain's No. 4 supermarket chain.
(Reporting by James Davey; editing by Kate Holton)
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