Archive of all Waitrose articles – Page 103
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John Lewis plans expansion
John Lewis Partnership, the parent company of Waitrose, is planning a 10-year expansion to double the size of its business and create 35,000 jobs.The group plans to increase its workforce from 65,000 to 100,000 by 2017 and double revenue...
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Solomons has new Waitrose marketing role
Waitrose has introduced a new director's role following the departure of marketing director Christian Cull. Supply chain director Tony Solomons will take on marketing responsibilities for Waitrose as the first-ever customer development...
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Revamp gives kick to Waitrose frozen
Frozen meat and fish can be just as interesting as fresh, Waitrose has found. The chain relaunched its frozen meat and fish offer in November and sales have surged, said buyer Sally Brooks. "Our recent sales increases show shoppers are...
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Retailers go it alone with produce drives
The government's 5-a-day campaign has lost out as supermarkets start the year with a blaze of fruit and veg promotions. Tesco and Sainsbury's are both pumping millions into free or cut-price produce, and Waitrose is also running a citrus...
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Results shine as Waitrose moves north
Waitrose managing director Steven Esom disclosed a sparkling set of Christmas trading results this week as the supermarket showed it continues to go from strength to strength. Five-week like-for-like sales rose 5.6% for the period to 6...
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Waitrose sales rise
John Lewis Partnership, the parent company of Waitrose, has reported strong Christmas trading for the supermarket chain.Like-for-like sales rose 5.6% in the five weeks to 6 January, with sales up 11%.“Our sales for Christmas and the...
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This week a year ago The winner was...
Waitrose store manager Kate Corcoran won our Top Store award this time last year, after her Monmouth store in Wales dazzled our mystery shopper with excellent customer service and a clean and tidy shop. Corcoran then stated that 2006...
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Price Survey
The retail cost of red seedless grapes has remained largely stable this week following the rise of 11.8% seen in last week's report. The only retailer to have increased the price of its 1kg punnet was Waitrose, which over the past seven...
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This week a year ago the winner was...
The past 12 months have been "business as usual" for Chris Blows, manager of Waitrose's mammoth Food and Home store in Salisbury. However, he has also been busy implementing a number of new company processes to better regulate stock control,...
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This week a year ago the winner was...
Waitrose's Marlow branch was just about to undergo a significant refit when we last spoke to manager Alex Hume this week a year ago. Twelve months on, and with the refit successfully completed, Hume views his next big challenge to be the...
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John Lewis plans expansion
John Lewis Partnership, the parent company of Waitrose, is planning to invest £350m in opening 10 new department stores.The retailer already operates 27 stores and last week announced plans to roll out a chain of exclusive in-store food...
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John Lewis, Waitrose to open foodhall chain
Waitrose and John Lewis are planning to roll out a chain of exclusive in-store foodhalls in John Lewis stores across the country in what they claim will be a unique format for the UK.Waitrose managing director Steven Esom said the...
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Giants jostling to gain wholefoods authority
Sainsbury's and Waitrose are the latest supermarkets to set their focus on the lucrative but niche wholefoods category in a bid to cash in on ever-increasing demand for healthier lines.Waitrose is planning a new range in the sector after...
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Morrisons disposal completed
Morrisons has announced that the sale of six stores and a distribution centre to Waitrose has been completed. In July this year, Waitrose bought the stores at Eastbourne, Formby, Hexham, Lymington, Parkstone and Portswood, and a distribution...
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Skinny Candy for Waitrose
Skinny Candy - a sugarfree confectionery range developed by Coffee Republic founder Sahar Hashemi - is poised to announce a listing in Waitrose stores. The brand, which was launched last year and is available in Harvey Nichols and...
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Little Scotney Best joins paler brother
Westerham Brewery is to add an additional beer to its range following the success of recent brand launches into Waitrose stores. Little Scotney Best Bitter, produced by the Kent-based brewery, is set to go into Waitrose's south east...
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M&S praised for welfare
Marks and Spencer has won the RSPCA's good business award for animal welfare, stealing the crown from Waitrose.Judges praised the fact the store's welfare policies covered all tiers of meat, led by its 'look behind the label'...
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Bogof's week
There were no shortage of laughs at the IGD conference this week. Commenting on a prediction by Waitrose CEO Steven Esom that "by 2020, we will have cashless, checkout-less supermarkets," bearded wag and Tate & Lyle CEO Iain Ferguson retorted:...
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Waitrose vegetables go black to the future
Waitrose is to offer its customers a range of naturally black fruit and vegetables, which will be launched in the run-up to Hallowe'en. It has sourced black varieties of cabbage, potato and pear from British growers, and is...
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Net sales set todouble
A grocery retailer with sales exceeding those of Waitrose or Somerfield. That will be the size of the internet grocery market in the next five years as its value more than doubles, a new report seen exclusively by The Grocer reveals. The...