Waitrose - Latest News and Analysis – Page 109
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buffalo option
Buffalo milk has hit the shelves in two branches of Waitrose.The stores, in Milton Keynes and Leighton Buzzard, are the first in the country to stock the premium range product.The milk is produced by local farmer Nick Griffin, who...
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Fat lady’s praise swells sales of Willow Water
Lakeland Willow Water has reported a sales surge of up to 700% in Waitrose after celebrity cook Clarissa Dickson Wright decided to champion the brand’s cause.The star, who found fame with her role in the Two Fat Ladies TV series, spotted the...
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Waitrose trials point to dairy sales boost by cutting yogurts offering
Waitrose is considering reducing its dairy ranges in a bid to boost sales, following successful trials.Richard James, central buyer for dairy products and eggs, said the organisation had experimented with trials in two stores to reduce the...
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Cornish showcase
Waitrose and the Taste Of Cornwall have unveiled plans to build a shared shopping complex to showcase Cornish food and drink. The proposed 50,000 sq ft Cornish Food Hall will be built near Falmouth and the floorspace will be split 50-50 between a...
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Cornish showcase
Waitrose and the Taste Of Cornwall have unveiled plans to build a shared shopping complex to showcase Cornish food and drink. The proposed 50,000 sq ft Cornish Food Hall will be built near Falmouth and the floorspace will be split 50-50 between...
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SIMON THORPE
CENTRAL WINE BUYER, WAITROSE Thorpe began his career in the wine department of Fortnum and Mason in 1988 and worked there for seven years. He then completed a 15-month tour of the world's vineyards. Returning in 1997, he joined the Waitrose...
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n wild garlic yarg
Waitrose is to stock the latest offering from the company that introduced the nettle-covered Cornish Yarg cheese. Lyhner Dairies Cheese Company is introducing a Wild Garlic Yarg exclusively to the retailer in September. The company...
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Leaf for Waitrose
Waitrose has become the first multiple to use the Leaf marque on its fruit and vegetable prepacks. It coincided with the adoption of the logo on strawberries being sold at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships provided by Hugh Lowe Farms, which...
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The most hotly contested category in The Grocer Gold Awards
Many retailers have recognised that consumers are increasingly interested in buying food that comes from local producers. So what makes the Waitrose Locally Produced initiative stand out? Well, for starters, the chain's attention to detail was...
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andrea watson
buyer (grocery & non food) waitrose Watson began her career with Waitrose in 1996, working in non food buying for three years before moving to grocery buying. She has been in her present position over four years, having previously worked for...
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A ROUND-UP OF THE HOTTEST RECENT ACTION IN FMCG
WAITROSE FOR KIDS Waitrose has become the latest multiple retailer to offer its own label range of foods for children. Its 75-item Food Explorers range, which was launched last week, includes everything from fresh fruit to ready meals and ...
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Waitrose launches kids range
Simon Mowbray Waitrose is launching an own label range of foods for kids to rival offerings from the larger multiples. The 75-item Food Explorers offering started rolling out to stores this week and includes a range of products from fresh...
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The main supermarket retailers have failed to improve their
While Ocado continues to outperform the rest of the market and Waitrose offered a very good service, Sainsbury, Asda and Iceland have yet again proved to be unable to deliver a half-decent experience, while Tesco has niggles. Difficulties in...
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Labour has talked about helping small businesses like mine,
Joubère supplies supermarkets such as Waitrose and Sainsbury with products like fresh stocks, soups and sauces. We, more than most, need a reasonable margin because the sector is so dynamic: we need to reinvest continually in new product development...
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Peas square up to April 1 fun
Waitrose and Sainsbury took a step back from the hard grind of modern supermarketing and enjoyed a civilised round of April Fool's japery this year. Waitrose was fooling no-one with a fishy story about Atlantic red herrings due to go into its...
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Thomas swells the Waitrose buying team
Waitrose has made Rupert Thomas central buyer for one of its core grocery divisions. His responsibilities include home baking, condiments, spices and packet sauce, sugar, pasta, rice and pulses. He will also manage buying for canned fish and...
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Waitrose looking for third RDC
Elaine Watson Waitrose is scouting around for a third regional distribution centre to support its expansion plans, revealed MD Steven Esom. Four new stores are planned this year in Belgravia, Mill Hill, Portishead and Romsey, and "at least...
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Waitrose keeps up speedy switch to new Quick Check
Waitrose is to convert 34 more stores to a second generation Quick Check system and put the facility in seven new stores between April and December 2003. The new radio frequency controlled version of Quick Check called Storewave is already live...
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Waitrose links with Irish retailer
Waitrose products will be available in the Irish Republic for the first time following a joint trading agreement between the British retailer and Superquinn.Under the deal, a range of 110 prepacked chilled Waitrose products will be sold in...
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Waitrose would be the winner
Waitrose and Marks and Spencer will be the winners in a Safeway sale, with Somerfield, Sainsbury,Big Food Group and the Co-operative Group likely losers. That was the consensus of opiinion at the seminar.If Sainsbury lost, it would be exposed as...