UK: Asda to handpick online grocery purchases from store shelves, closes London shopping depots
UK supermarket group Asda has revealed that it is closing two on-line shopping depots in Watford and Croydon. The closures will mean that consumers in and around London can expect only a “skeleton service” for the next two months, and the retailer switches to a process whereby groceries purchased online through AsdaatHome.com will now be hand picked from the store shelves.
The closures will mean that consumers in and around London can expect only a “skeleton service” for the next two months, and the retailer switches to a process whereby groceries purchased online through AsdaatHome.com will now be hand picked from the store shelves.
Asda explained: “We are expanding. This [process] will give our rivals a run for their money.”
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