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Sainsbury takes on Amazon with 1 hour delivery service

Graham Watson

28th September 2016

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An example of how competition in the grocery sector is changing: Sainsbury's have launched Chop Chop with staff on bikes looking to delivery groceries within an hour in south-west London.

This is designed to compete with Amazon's one hour delivery service and either represents a return to its delivery boy roots or a staging post on the way to drone deliveries.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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