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Ocado accused of 'profiteering' from coronavirus by hiking prices and axing discounts

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Ocado has been accused of 'profiteering' from the coronavirus crisis after raising prices on 918 products and axing promotions on hundreds more lines.

The online supermarket, which banned sales of bottled water and stopped taking online orders from new customers last month, has come under fire for cashing in on the pandemic.

A leaked report, seen by the Mail, shows the premium grocer removed 11,087 promotions and hiked the base price of 918 products between March 4 and April 8, at the height of the coronavirus emergency.

During this period, every supermarket in the UK reported an influx of panic-buyers with many struggling at the hands of extreme demand.

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