Archive of all Waitrose articles – Page 115

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    A dogfight down in Docklands

    2002-11-09T00:00:00Z

    The Waitrose Food and Home store in Canary Wharf is testament to the changes that have occurred in London's Docklands over the past 10 years. It provides the first serious competition to Asda's Docklands store in an area which, until recently, was...

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    Waitrose promotes UK regional organics

    2002-10-21T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose has launched its largest ever organic food and drink promotion with all 137 stores offering discounts on more than 100 own label and branded organic lines in October and November.Waitrose has previously pledged to maintain premium...

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    Source tags eyed by Waitrose

    2002-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Anne Bruce Waitrose has become the latest UK supermarket to develop source tagging capabilities as momentum builds behind the technology. Marks and Spencer, Safeway, Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury are also conducting analysis and trials of the...

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    Ocado gets its first test

    2002-09-28T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose's online joint venture Ocado was launched with promises of better customer service. Our fifth online shop, and the first to feature the service, shows that so far it is living up to its claims. Our shopper, new to the service, described the...

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    Exclusive avocado

    2002-09-28T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose has won exclusive rights to sell a new variety of giant avocado called Nature's Haas. Bred by Westfalia, one of South Africa's best known grower exporters, the fruit went on sale in 60 selected stores this week. As this is the...

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    New ideas at the Wharf

    2002-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Julian Hunt New ideas in fresh foods top the menu at Waitrose's latest store ­ the 80,000 sq ft Food & Home in London's Canary Wharf, which opened this week. The store offers a salad and juice bar, sushi bar, steak and oyster bar, Eat In,...

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    Walk into the Waitrose Food & Home in London's Canary Wharf

    2002-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Fresh food and food to go topped the agenda for the team responsible for developing the store. And they have spent two years scouring the globe looking for ideas that would build on what Waitrose was already doing in this area to give it an edge...

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    Ocado heralds arrival on the London stage

    2002-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Anne Bruce Waitrose online joint venture Ocado is to start a £2m poster, press and TV campaign in London this week to build its brand across the M25 region before launching in other UK cities. Joint md Nigel Robertson said: "This announces...

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    Perrier launches diet aid water Contrex

    2002-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Perrier Vittel has become the latest company to push mineral water as a slimming aid with the launch of Contrex in the UK. Initially rolling out exclusively through Waitrose, Contrex ­ which comes from the Vosges region of France ­ is said to...

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    Self-scanning boosts loyalty at Waitrose

    2002-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose has posted a rise in interim like-for-like sales of 3.5% as the supermarket prepares to open its first new store since the Autumn of 2000.The chain said the introduction of its hand-held self-scanning system had reduced costs and...

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    Elevating the humble spud

    2002-09-07T00:00:00Z

    A specialised web site has been designed to turn the humble spud into something of a hot potato. Waitrose has launched an educational web site to give its customers a greater insight into a vegetable that is often overlooked. John Foley,...

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    ­And where the rest fell down

    2002-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose Date of shopping trip: 25.10.02 Time taken in store: 45 minsMonmouth Time of shopping trip: 11.46 Time taken at checkout: 5 mins ...

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    Waitrose woos small producers

    2002-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Ed Bedington Waitrose has unveiled a major new range of locally sourced food at the same time as launching a groundbreaking charter, detailing its commitment to work with smaller suppliers. Waitrose hopes its Small Producers Charter will...

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    Gaining an edge in the online shopping arena is pretty tough

    2002-08-17T00:00:00Z

    That's why the brains behind Ocado, the online shopping outfit in which Waitrose has a stake, are so eager to point to the 99% accuracy on delivery times and less than 2% substitution rate on orders they recorded during trials of their service....

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    Waitrose collects the top Brammy accolade

    2002-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury and Marks and Spencer battled it out at this year's Brammy Awards but Waitrose pipped them both to the title of best multiple retailer. The Brammys, which celebrates the contribution of retailers, manufacturers, caterers and the media to...

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    Waitrose has moved Sally Brooks from dairy foods buyer to ce

    2002-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Brooks joined Waitrose in 1987. She was department manager, fresh foods, at Beaconsfield in 1988 and in 1990 became department manager, dry goods, at Waitrose, Henley. She worked on grocery and non-food buying teams from 1993. Brooks said: "I m very...

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    For stores not giving things away, Waitrose is cheapest

    2002-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose in Brighton, Asda in Hartlepool and Somerfield in Ilkeston checked in full baskets this week. Technically, Asda had the cheapest basket but it failed to charge for the mushrooms and the cheese was cheaper than the price on the label....

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    Moncaro appeals to self-esteem

    2002-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Italian wine co-operative Terre Cortesi Moncaro is relying on the vanity of British consumers for its latest promotion. The group has tied up with Waitrose for a collarette promotion to coincide with its status as the retailer's wine of the month...

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    Ocado claims it is redefining online shopping standards

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Anne Bruce Waitrose online shopping partner Ocado claims to have cracked home shopping with 99% accuracy on delivery times and less than 2% substitution rates in trials. Joint md Nigel Robertson said the service has achieved 25% penetration...

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    BOGOF's Week

    2002-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Coming out from the official London launch of Ocado, the Waitrose online shopping service, in Portman Square this week, I was concerned to see the Hemel Hempstead based posse had parked one of their distinctive vans in a Westminster residents' only...