Ocado to overhaul Asda's online grocery operation with new platform partnership

Ocado Group PLC (LSE:OCDO) has secured a major partnership with Asda to replace the supermarket chain's ecommerce infrastructure, deploying its Smart Platform across the retailer's entire online operation from early 2027. Asda, one of the UK's largest retailers with £21 billion in annual sales and nearly 1,100 stores, currently fulfils more than 700,000 online orders each week through a network of stores and automated facilities known as dark stores.