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Not quite

Ocado, which is half-owned by Marks & Spencer,

The UK retail business is a joint venture yes. But M&S most certainly doesn’t own 50% of Ocado……

8 thoughts on “Not quite”

  1. The Guardian continues its attack on workers but why should anyone believe them when they get basic facts wrong?

  2. Digères

    “ The Guardian continues its attack on workers but why should anyone believe them when they get basic facts wrong?”

    The Guardian doesn’t care whether you believe them. As is usual, their followers accept wholeheartedly what is written – perhaps without ever engaging the “belief” or “judgment” fraction of their stunted minds.

  3. Bloke in North Dorset

    Faizan Babar, who has been delivering Ocado groceries for more than two years, said he could not afford to take his two young daughters on holiday this year or replace their broken scooter. “I’m making on average £50 on a 10-hour shift. And we pay for our own cars, tax, fuel and insurance out of that. It works out less than £5 an hour. Ocado is treating us like dirt.”

    Babar, 30, works from 7am to 8pm some days just to keep up with his bills – anything else is a luxury he cannot afford. “I can’t give any time to my daughters or wife. I can’t even take them on a day out,” he said. “My daughter wants to go to Chessington [theme park] but I can’t afford it. I feel horrible. I can’t talk to her about it.”

    The Observer/Guardian have a long history of using hard luck stories to lead a campaign that then turn out to have a very different back story. Julia has a good nose for these and I wouldn’t be surprised if she comes along soon with a different take on this guy.

  4. The Observer/Guardian have a long history of using hard luck stories to lead a campaign that then turn out to have a very different back story.

    No idea what the back story is in this case, but what I don’t understand about all these “my jobs is so shit and I get paid peanuts for working all the hours in the day” stories is, why not find a new, better, job? I hear Nandos is hiring.

    Or is it because our hero doesn’t have permission to be here and therefore looking for a new job, with the risk that he might have to produce papers or work permit, could lead to his being found out and deported? (Yeah, we can dream!)

  5. It also ignores all the various benefits introduced by Labour that top up that basic income
    If his argument is he’d be better off unemployed then that shows how screwed up the system is

  6. “The company reported group profits that rose by nearly £30m to £73.1m in February, but has recently seen sales slip as shoppers return to pre-Covid habits.

    But the rapid delivery market is expanding, with huge amounts of venture capital pouring into courier firms attempting to replace smaller top-up purchases made in corner shops with ultra-quick drop-offs, usually within an hour of ordering.”

    Are the VCs about to drop a bollock?

  7. BniC

    dipping into taxpayer funds to pay the workforce shouldn’t be an option – but it is…

    The Walmart workers on food stamps might recognise this….

    That said – I still reckon that the latest spasm of IR35-ing by HMRC pushes employers into dropping fusible links into the employment game ….

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