Archive of all Waitrose articles – Page 114
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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...
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C-charge will cost JLP £200,000
London's congestion charge, which swings into action on February 17, will cost John Lewis at least £200,000 a year, the partnership has calculated. Of this, roughly £84,000 will be needed to service three Waitrose stores in the charging zone,...
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Waitrose eyes factory gate
Waitrose is exploring opportunities to implement factory gate pricing and open book costing with suppliers. Director of buying Angela Megson said talks were at an early stage: "Our supply chain team has been working with a number of suppliers to...
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Waitrose gets Royal seal of approval
Waitrose has become the first supermarket chain to be granted a Royal Warrant by the Queen.Warrants recognise people or companies that regularly supply goods or services to certain members of the Royal Family, and allow recipients to display...
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Latina Brands has scored a hit with its debut range of moder
Launched in November last year in Waitrose and Sainsbury, the majority have been snapped up by other major retailers, including Safeway and Asda, and the range has gained praise from such hard-to-please critics as the Observer Food Monthly magazine....
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Pat on back for Waitrose
Waitrose has been commended for its innovative environment in a report by Accenture and the Talent Foundation. Innovation A Way of Being' praised the retailer for giving its permanent employees a stake in the ownership of the firm by making...
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Multiples to monitor taint
Tesco, Sainsbury and Waitrose are planning to take part in an ambitious project to trial a new cork designed to limit wine taint. Sabaté, the French cork manufacturer, has produced 100,000 corks which are guaranteed to have half the amount of...
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Ocado seeks new hubs
Anne Bruce Ocado is looking for satellite distribution centres in the south and a second main depot in the north as demand takes off, according to joint MD Roger Whiteside. The Waitrose supplied online shopping service is now taking up to...
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Tesco vegetarians' favourite this year
Tesco beat Waitrose and Sainsbury to walk away with the best supermarket accolade at this year's Vegetarian Society awards. The awards were voted for by a panel including celebrity chefs Richard Cawley and Rose Elliot and singer Hazel O'Connor...