Ocado Group Plc has announced that operations are live for Groupe Casino’s Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC) at Fleury-Mérogis, near Paris. The facility is the first international Ocado CFC to go live for an Ocado Solutions partner.
The CFC began operations with a small number of test orders, and it will expand to fulfil more orders and wider public deliveries in selected areas over the coming months. At capacity, the facility is expected to handle a turnover of up to €500m and serve households across the Paris and Hauts de France regions for customers shopping with Casino’s Monoprix brand.
Monoprix launched a new e-commerce service with the Ocado Smart Platform, Monoprix Plus, which delivered its first order fulfilled through the CFC on Wednesday March 18, 2020.
Luke Jensen, CEO of Ocado Solutions said, “Two years after breaking ground on the site, the CFC is live with Ocado’s unique, proprietary technology powering e-commerce for one of France’s most iconic grocery brands. […] We recognise that this launch comes at an extraordinary time, as grocery retailers around the world face a huge task in helping communities to confront the challenges of coronavirus (COVID-19). We pay tribute to the amazing response of Casino and all of our partners worldwide in providing vital services for their customers at this time”.
Source: Ocado
