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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Henry Saker-Clark

Ocado shares fall as Kroger takes ‘hard look’ at future of US warehouses

Ocado launched a partnership with Kroger in 2018 (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Archive)

Retail technology firm Ocado slid in value on Friday morning after major US partner Kroger said it would take a “hard look” at its automated warehouse technology.

Shares in the London-listed company fell by as much as 11% in early trading as the comments raised concerns among investors.

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