Archive of all John Lewis articles – Page 40
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NewsMedia Bites 29 May: Sainsbury’s, Iceland, Which?/WH Smith
Sainsbury’s has admitted to MPs it will cut management jobs as part of its £14.1bn merger with Asda.
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NewsJLP introduces first reusable cup made from used paper cups
Waitrose and John Lewis are introducing the rCup, the world’s first reusable cup made from recycled cups
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NewsGS1 UK appoints Sainsbury's commercial ops director Biggart
His appointment comes as GS1 UK works with retailers and suppliers to introduce productDNA, which manages product data
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NewsMedia Bites 23 May: Tesco, Sainsbury's, Costa Coffee
Numerous papers are this morning covering the news that Tesco will be closing its non-food website Tesco Direct, putting around 500 jobs at risk.
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Analysis & Features11 incubator schemes looking for the next big thing in food and drink
With a record number of entrepreneurs now looking to build their own business in the sector a growing number of programs are offering access to expert advice, space and cash.
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NewsMedia Bites 21 May: Lidl, Sainsbury's/Asda, M&S
Lidl is planning an online delivery service in yet another assault against the UK’s biggest supermarket chains, writes The Daily Mail.
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Comment & OpinionHotel Chocolat: case for and against in Waitrose bar spat
What is Hotel Chocolat’s Angus Thirlwell getting his meringue-strawberry-and-white chocolate knickers in a twist about?
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Analysis & FeaturesIncubator schemes: growing startup talent
More and more programmes are offering a mix of investment, mentoring, exposure and physical space
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Hotel Chocolat stop Waitrose 'copying' its bars?
When Waitrose introduced its new chocolate bars with a full-page ad last week, the publicity wasn’t the kind it hoped for
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Comment & OpinionOcado ends with a lot of zeroes now
The online supermarket is now worth more than Marks & Spencer’s and deserves to be considered among the UK’s greatest technology companies
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NewsMedia Bites: Poundworld, Walmart, Amazon, Waitrose
The US private equity owner of Poundworld has put the chain up for sale as TPG has hired accountancy firm Deloitte to find a buyer by the end of the month.
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NewsThe Marshmallowist gets experimental with new flavours
Five “experimental” marshmallow flavours from The Marshmallowist are to roll out from 16 May
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership denies Amazon approach for Waitrose
JLP chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield said “there has been no approach by Amazon regarding Waitrose”
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NewsMedia Bites 8 May: Sainsbury’s/Asda, Waitrose/Amazon, Nestlé/Starbucks
Up to 2,500 jobs in supply chains could be jeopardised by Asda and Sainsbury’s proposed merger, the New Economics Foundation has warned.
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NewsWaitrose shed more than 3,700 staff last year, accounts show
Overall average headcount reduced by 6.6% from 56,330 in 2017 to 52,590 last year
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NewsWaitrose seeks healthy lifestyle tech with JLab 2018 launch
This is the first of three JLab programmes being held in 2018
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NewsMedia Bites 25 April:John Lewis Partnership, Walmart, Coca-Cola
A little less than two thirds of a key council of John Lewis Partnership employees backed a proposal last May to support chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield’s “leadership and the continuing progress of the partnership” in its first secret ballot in more than a decade.
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NewsMedia Bites 16 April: Waitrose, Whitbread, Conviviality, Unilever
Waitrose staff have complained in the John Lewis Partnership in-house magazine that managing director Rob Collin’s restructure of the grocer has crippled the business
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NewsWaitrose expands supper club to Horsham store
Over the last two years Waitrose has hosted supper clubs priced at £35 at stores in Haywards Heath, Newbury and Salisbury
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NewsMedia Bites 9 April: Tesco, Bestway/Bargain Booze, Sugar tax, Pret
Tesco boss Dave Lewis “pressed on merits of Booker tie-up” as it prepares to issue its annual results, writes The Times (£).