LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - British online grocer Ocado reported higher sales growth in its first quarter butgave no update on its plan to finalise a deal with keysupermarket customer Morrisons on Tuesday.
Ocado, whose range also includes products supplied byupmarket grocer Waitrose, posted a 13.8 percent rise ingross retail sales in the 12 weeks to Feb. 21 compared to thesame period last year and higher than the 13 percent growth itreported in the previous quarter.
Ocado forecast that it would continue to grow at a fasterrate than the online grocery market as a whole, but made nomention of an agreement trying to finalise with Morrisons.
Morrisons has since 2013 outsourced logistics for its ownonline food business to Ocado, and the pair are in talksregarding amendments to that deal, following Morrisons tie-upwith online retailer Amazon, announced in February. (Reporting by Sarah Young; editing by Kate Holton)