The grocer has partnered with newly created AI retail platform Today Development Partners (TDP) to drive the growth of its online arm. TDP was co-founded by Ocado co-founder Jonathan Faiman and former chief business officer for Google’s innovation arm Google X, Mo Gawdat.

In partnership with TDP, Waitrose plans to develop three new state-of-the-art automated customer fulfilment centres over the next three years to create a £1bn online operation.