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Ocado is a public company that licenses grocery technology and owns a 50% share in Ocado.com, a UK online supermarket jointly owned with Marks & Spencer. It also provides website, warehousing and delivery services for other retailers, and sells its proprietary platform to international partners.
Tim Steiner is a British businessman and the co-founder and CEO of Ocado, an online grocery and technology company. He was born in 1969, studied economics at Manchester University, and worked as a bond trader at Goldman Sachs before starting Ocado in 2000.
In January 2000, he started Ocado with two former colleagues from Goldman Sachs, Tim Steiner and Jonathan Faiman. [3] [4] He became chief financial officer of the company. [3] The company moved from a start-up to a household name during his 15 years there. In January 2014, Gissing announced that he would retire in May. [5]
Richard Neil Haythornthwaite, known as Rick, (born December 1956) is a British business executive.He has led several companies including being the chairman of MasterCard and the Creative Industries Federation.
In July 2019, Faiman was sued by Ocado over allegations that Faiman had colluded with Jon Hilary, then a senior Ocado employee, to steal confidential information from Ocado in order to launch T0DAY. [5] In June 2021, the case was settled following an admission of wrongdoing by the pair and Faiman making a "significant payment" to Ocado. [6]
Waitrose & Partners is a premium supermarket chain owned by the John Lewis Partnership, founded in 1904 and operating 329 shops in the UK and Channel Islands. It sells organic food, wine, spirits, and other products, and has a royal warrant to supply King Charles III.
Stuart Machin is the CEO of Marks & Spencer since May 2022. He started his career in retailing at Sainsbury's and worked for Tesco, Asda, Coles, Target and Steinhoff before joining M&S in 2018.
Just Eat is a Danish company that operates in seven countries, including the UK, Ireland, Italy and Spain. It was acquired by Takeaway.com in 2020 and allows customers to order and pay online for takeaway food.