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Beauty takes organic turn at Waitrose
Waitrose has become the first supermarket chain to launch a beauty range certified by the Soil Association. Products in the new Organically Beautiful range, which includes hand washes, body lotions and soaps, are made from 70% organic...
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Barbados pushes sugar upmarket
A natural cane sugar from Barbados is arriving in Waitrose and upmarket department stores.Aimed at the premium end of the market, Plantation Reserve has a natural taste and aroma, and will be launched in Waitrose next week in 500g silver...
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Barbados pushes sugar upmarket
A natural cane sugar from Barbados is arriving in Waitrose and upmarket department stores.Aimed at the premium end of the market, Plantation Reserve has a natural taste and aroma, and will be launched in Waitrose next week in 500g silver...
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Profits up at Waitrose
Waitrose has reported a 5% rise in profits to £244m for the year to 27 January, on sales up 11% to £3.7bn, with like-for-like growth at 5.3%. Chairman Sir Stuart Hampson said: “It's been another year of successful growth for Waitrose, with...
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'Waitrose mugged me and ripped off one of my recipes'
Mugged. Done over. Ripped off. And furious.That's how one angry supplier feels after what he claims has been the unfair treatment meted out to him by one of the UK's leading multiple grocers.The remarks are made in an anonymous...
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Seasonal egg boxes to hit Waitrose for Easter
Premium egg producer Clarence Court is launching a seasonal limited box into Waitrose in time for Easter. The box contains four types of egg: a Cornish goose egg, a Braddock white duck egg, a pheasant egg and quail's...
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Ainsley back in the fold
Yorkshire family bakers Ainsleys has appointed James Ainsley as its new head of sales and marketing. Ainsley has returned to the family business after working in Waitrose stores for four years. He is the third generation to work in...
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JLP makes renewable energy vow
Waitrose became the latest grocery retailer to jump on the green bandwagon this week when parent company the John Lewis Partnership pledged to source 100% of its energy from renewable sources by October.The move will cover all 183...
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John Lewis plans expansion
John Lewis Partnership, the parent company of Waitrose, is planning a 10-year expansion to double the size of its business and create 35,000 jobs.The group plans to increase its workforce from 65,000 to 100,000 by 2017 and double revenue...
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Solomons has new Waitrose marketing role
Waitrose has introduced a new director's role following the departure of marketing director Christian Cull. Supply chain director Tony Solomons will take on marketing responsibilities for Waitrose as the first-ever customer development...
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Revamp gives kick to Waitrose frozen
Frozen meat and fish can be just as interesting as fresh, Waitrose has found. The chain relaunched its frozen meat and fish offer in November and sales have surged, said buyer Sally Brooks. "Our recent sales increases show shoppers are...
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Retailers go it alone with produce drives
The government's 5-a-day campaign has lost out as supermarkets start the year with a blaze of fruit and veg promotions. Tesco and Sainsbury's are both pumping millions into free or cut-price produce, and Waitrose is also running a citrus...
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Results shine as Waitrose moves north
Waitrose managing director Steven Esom disclosed a sparkling set of Christmas trading results this week as the supermarket showed it continues to go from strength to strength. Five-week like-for-like sales rose 5.6% for the period to 6...
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Waitrose sales rise
John Lewis Partnership, the parent company of Waitrose, has reported strong Christmas trading for the supermarket chain.Like-for-like sales rose 5.6% in the five weeks to 6 January, with sales up 11%.“Our sales for Christmas and the...
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This week a year ago The winner was...
Waitrose store manager Kate Corcoran won our Top Store award this time last year, after her Monmouth store in Wales dazzled our mystery shopper with excellent customer service and a clean and tidy shop. Corcoran then stated that 2006...
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Price Survey
The retail cost of red seedless grapes has remained largely stable this week following the rise of 11.8% seen in last week's report. The only retailer to have increased the price of its 1kg punnet was Waitrose, which over the past seven...
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This week a year ago the winner was...
The past 12 months have been "business as usual" for Chris Blows, manager of Waitrose's mammoth Food and Home store in Salisbury. However, he has also been busy implementing a number of new company processes to better regulate stock control,...
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This week a year ago the winner was...
Waitrose's Marlow branch was just about to undergo a significant refit when we last spoke to manager Alex Hume this week a year ago. Twelve months on, and with the refit successfully completed, Hume views his next big challenge to be the...
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John Lewis plans expansion
John Lewis Partnership, the parent company of Waitrose, is planning to invest £350m in opening 10 new department stores.The retailer already operates 27 stores and last week announced plans to roll out a chain of exclusive in-store food...
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John Lewis, Waitrose to open foodhall chain
Waitrose and John Lewis are planning to roll out a chain of exclusive in-store foodhalls in John Lewis stores across the country in what they claim will be a unique format for the UK.Waitrose managing director Steven Esom said the...