Ocado buys 100,000 testing kits for staff

[cobain20]

Ocado are taking it seriously, so I guess it's only a matter of time before RM follow suit?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/0 ... f-working/

[aiden01]

Ocado are taking it seriously, so I guess it's only a matter of time before RM follow suit?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/0 ... f-working/

Doubt it

[solar_plexus]

RM will buy up the dodgy test kits made in China which were shipped to Spain.

[denhamhoop]

Ocado are taking it seriously, so I guess it's only a matter of time before RM follow suit?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/0 ... f-working/

We are still waiting on masks and gloves

[POSTMAN]

The online retailer's CEO, Tim Steiner, has spent £1.5m on the tests to ensure frontline workers who are negative for COVID-19 can return to work from isolation, a source close to the company has disclosed.

Yeah, so they can go back to work to catch it lol

[Janet Brum]

Rico said RM has plenty of money in banks, he can buy us some test kits, hand sanitiser, gloves and masks but he won`t.

So he had the 100 milions to cut one hour off the working week and much more and he said few weeks ago he can`t afford it, strange how now he`s rich, wtf is he planning??

[solar_plexus]

Rico said RM has plenty of money in banks, he can buy us some test kits, hand sanitiser, gloves and masks but he won`t.

So he had the 100 milions to cut one hour off the working week and much more and he said few weeks ago he can`t afford it, strange how now he`s rich, wtf is he planning??

The company has more than £800 million in cash as well as a £925 million line of credit, according to Reuters.

[Janet Brum]

Exactly: https://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communi ... 46#p889746" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Grumpyoldmailman]

Rico said RM has plenty of money in banks, he can buy us some test kits, hand sanitiser, gloves and masks but he won`t.

So he had the 100 milions to cut one hour off the working week and much more and he said few weeks ago he can`t afford it, strange how now he`s rich, wtf is he planning??

The company has more than £800 million in cash as well as a £925 million line of credit, according to Reuters.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-healt ... KKBN21E1EE

Problem is they have also borrowed £1.1 billion in the bond market for fancy parcel hubs so they actually owe £175 million

[bucks123]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52108654

Online supermarket Ocado has bought 100,000 coronavirus test kits for its delivery staff.

The internet grocery firm has spent £1.5m on the kits and has received 40,000 so far.

It would not say how many of its 30,000 staff had been tested but added it could share kits with the NHS.

Harrow West MP, Gareth Thomas, has called on the government to explain why front line medics are still awaiting tests.

The government says it is ramping up testing, but has only been administering them to about 7,000 people a day.

Should the UK be testing more people?
Labour MP Mr Thomas said it "beggars belief" that routine tests were not being offered to NHS staff.
Ocado said it had purchased the tests to ensure the safety of staff and customers.

It declined to say where it bought them from, how long it took to receive its first deliveries, or to comment on the amount purchased.

The company said demand for its services was 10 times higher than average.

The government has been contacted for further comment