Waitrose news and analysis – Page 116
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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 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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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 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...
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Marlow residents vote against Waitrose plans
Waitrose has found itself in the firing line of local opposition after residents of a Buckinghamshire town turned out in their thousands to officially vote against a planned store development in their area. Some 2,073 Marlow...
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Triple whammy Tesco!
Tesco was voted Britain's best by both consumers and industry experts at The Grocer Gold Awards this week as it walked off with a triumvirate of trophies. The UK's biggest retailer beat strong competition from Waitrose to win Grocer of...
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Salanova debuts in M&S/Waitrose
A trademarked wholehead lettuce called One-cut Salanova, which is easy to prepare with one cut across the base, is being stocked for the first time by M&S and Waitrose. Developed by Rijkzwan in the Netherlands from a Butterhead variety,...
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Waitrose leads in passage to India
Waitrose has emerged as the unlikely winner in the race to enter the growing grocery sector in India. The supermarket group has beaten Tesco and US retailer Wal-Mart into the country by teaming up with Hypercity, India's first...
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Price Survey
Iceberg lettuce prices have plummeted at Asda, Sainsbury, Morrisons, Waitrose and Somerfield this week but the order of our top six supermarkets has remained unchanged. Asda is still The Grocer 33&'s cheapest supermarket for...