Archive of all Waitrose articles – Page 105
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Esom: 'Rivals charge more for stripped down products'
Waitrose MD Steven Esom has hit out at rival supermarkets for not selling more effectively the benefits of provenance, traceability and sourcing of food. In the retailer's 2006 corporate social responsibility report, Esom said that...
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Westerham beers listed by Waitrose
A Kent brewery is launching two of its bottled beers into selected Waitrose stores as part of the supermarket's locally produced initiative.The Westerham Brewery in Kent will supply 13 of Waitrose's stores in the south east with its 4%...
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Waitrose rolls out software to second-guess customers
Waitrose is hoping to cash in on extra shopper spend around special events and good weather with the roll out of a new system to improve the forecasting of customer demand. The software, supplied by SAS, is designed to put an end to under...
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Supermarkets look at organic Argentine line
Organic Argentine beef could soon appear on supermarket shelves after fruitful discussions with several retailers. Prime cuts of Aberdeen Angus and Hereford beef are being exported to the UK by Pampas Plains, which said Waitrose was very...
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Waitrose aims high for chicken welfare
Waitrose has staked a claim for the highest welfare standards on supermarket chicken. From September, the stocking density of its Select Farm Chicken will be 10% lower than the industry standard in an effort to raise the bar in animal...
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this week a year ago The winner was...
Andy Kirby, manager of Waitrose's mammoth Food + Home store in Sheffield, was our winning manager this time last year. Kirby has since left Sheffield and is currently on secondment at the chain's new Barbican store in London. He said:...
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Waitrose 'ugly fruit' sales strong
Sales of Waitrose's 'ugly fruit' for cooking purposes are strong, the supermarket group's parent company the John Lewis Partnership has said.The group revealed that since the launch of the culinary fruit last month, it had sold 17 tonnes of...
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Hodgson to replace Megson at Waitrose
Richard Hodgson, brand and marketing director for Asda, has been appointed as the replacement for Angela Megson as director of buying for Waitrose.Hodgson takes up his new role in the autumn. He has worked at Asda for a number of years...
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Star Buyer Adrian Gash
Gash has been with Waitrose for two years, joining from Safeway, where he spent six years, covering pharmaceuticals and healthcare, bread and then crisps. His earlier career included three years with Unichem and spells with Peter Black...
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Waitrose snaps up Morrisons stores
Morrisons has sold six stores and a non-operational distribution site to Waitrose. The stores are situated at Eastbourne, Formby, Hexham, Lymington, Parkstone and Portswood, while the distribution site is located in...
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Waitrose link to be boosted
Channel Islands retailer CI Traders is poised to expand the range of Waitrose own label products available in its Checkers stores.CI chief executive Martin Bralsford said: "We are in discussion with Waitrose about ways in which we can...
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Second opinion Waitrose is being praised for its initiative to sell ugly fruit as a sideline for makers of jam. Great! But hang on a minute...
Waitrose must be delighted by the favourable publicity generated by its decision to put a small range of Grade II fruit on its shelves. Of course the idea of 'ugly fruit' was a straight lift from the National Trust. It came up with the original...
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Price Survey
Shopping basket totals leapt up a few more pence this week as a result of an across-the-board hike in the per kg price of loose bananas from 64p at the top four to 85p. Waitrose increased its price by 10p to 89p while 99p is the cost for...
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Staff cross Border to feed the Scots
Waitrose is shipping southern staff north of the border to cope with demand at its two new Scottish stores in Edinburgh. David Lincoln, manager of the Comely Bank branch, which opened last month, said that the number of customers passing...
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Price Survey
Asda's decision to join Tesco and Waitrose in raising the price of its own label milk has had little impact on its position as the UK's cheapest supermarket, according to The Grocer 33's latest survey. Both Asda and Morrisons have...
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Booths' seasons to be cheerful
It could be argued that Northern supermarket chain Booths has set the benchmark for local and regional sourcing among retailers within the UK, with Waitrose not far behind it. Right from the word go the retailer has attempted to sustain...
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We're getting into a winning mood
All the evidence is that June has been a storming month for the industry in sales terms. The Waitrose numbers show an acceleration in trend, Tesco has mentioned it in passing and this week Sainsbury confirmed that since the Whitsun Bank...
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Waitrose turns up the heat for Class II
What was hailed by the national papers as a bid to sell "ugly" fruit is in fact a drive by Waitrose to give Class II fruit appeal as a cooking ingredient. Its Cooks Ingredients range is aimed at culinary use....
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Bouquets bloom in Waitrose aisles
Waitrose is turning up the style in flowers and plants with the launch of a florist-style range of bouquets, plants and flowers in branded gift-style packaging. The Blossom and Bloom range includes indulgent seasonal bouquets and plants...
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Waitrose to sell 'ugly fruit'
Waitrose is launching a range of 'ugly fruit' at discount prices for use in cooking.The supermarket chain said that from today it would sell a range of 'class two' strawberries, tomatoes, plums and other seasonal fruit that are visually...