Ocado prays warehouse blaze won’t douse its hopes for a hi-tech future

The grocer was riding high on a US deal for its robotised logistics system. Then came a fire at its state-of-the-art depotLast Tuesday morning Tim Steiner, the boss of Ocado, was brimming with his usual confidence as he told City investors how its robotic warehouses had the potential to revolutionise grocery shopping and transform the way baggage carousels, car parks and even ports operate.However, as Steiner was delivering his presentation in Goldman Sachs’s London office – where he