Online supermarket 戦う／戦い 強めるs with 来たるべき M&S and Ocado tie-up: The This is Money podcast on how the pandemic has sped-up the 傾向

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Since the start of lockdown in March, more Britons have ordered supermarket shopping online to be 配達するd to their door to dodge the （人が）群がるs and （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the 列ing mayhem.

This could be perfect タイミング for 示すs & Spencer, who will start its long-を待つd tie-up with Ocado at the start of September, as the latter ends its 20 year long 関係 with Waitrose.

M&S is starting a '支援する to basics' 強襲，強姦, lowering the prices on everyday items and it comes as its 着せる／賦与するing 分割 continues to struggle.

一方／合間, most major supermarkets are now 申し込む／申し出ing same day ? and in some 事例／患者s, next hour ? 配達／演説／出産s, are the days of doing the 'big shop' in large 蓄える／店s over? Simon Lambert, 物陰／風下 Boyce and Georgie 霜 take a look.

This week saw a shock rise in the cost of living: why has it happened, where will the インフレーション 人物／姿／数字 go next and just how many 貯金 accounts now 申し込む／申し出ing more than 1 per cent 利益／興味?

Seven US 会社／堅いs - Facebook, Apple, アマゾン, Netflix, Google parent Alphabet, Microsoft and Tesla ? have seen stratospheric value growth this year. Is it another dotcom 泡 waiting to happen?

The Department for 輸送（する） is 検討する，考慮するing over how to 許す self-運動ing cars on the motorway from next year, we take a look at how it 作品.

And lastly, we celebrate our 年金s agony uncle Steve Webb, who this week wrote his 200th This is Money column.