Ocado: We are fully booked and at full capacity
British online supermarket Ocado has temporarily shut down its website to enable it to meet “high demand”.
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Department for Transport: Rules relaxed for drivers supplying supermarkets with food
In response to requests from Industry, the Department for Transport has agreed to a temporary and limited urgent relaxation of the enforcement of EU drivers’ hours rules in England, Scotland and Wales for the drivers of vehicles involved in the delivery of food, non-food (personal care and household paper and cleaning) and over the counter pharmaceuticals.
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Amazon: we want to make sure our customers can get the items they need
Amazon is temporarily suspending non-essential shipments to its warehouses in the US and UK and prioritising household staples, medical supplies and other high demand products until the 5 April to make space during the coronavirus outbreak.
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Food delivery companies could help the elderly in self isolation
UK Government ministers are in talks with takeaway delivery companies – Uber Eats, Deliveroo and JustEat to provide food and support to elderly and vulnerable people if they are forced to self-isolate over coronavirus, reports Sky News.
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Postmates introduces non-contact deliveries
Food and Grocery delivery specialist Postmates is reacting to the Coronavirus outbreak by introducing dropoff options which will give customers the ability to specify how they’d like to receive deliveries.
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