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Giants jostling to gain wholefoods authority
Sainsbury's and Waitrose are the latest supermarkets to set their focus on the lucrative but niche wholefoods category in a bid to cash in on ever-increasing demand for healthier lines.Waitrose is planning a new range in the sector after...
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Morrisons disposal completed
Morrisons has announced that the sale of six stores and a distribution centre to Waitrose has been completed. In July this year, Waitrose bought the stores at Eastbourne, Formby, Hexham, Lymington, Parkstone and Portswood, and a distribution...
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Skinny Candy for Waitrose
Skinny Candy - a sugarfree confectionery range developed by Coffee Republic founder Sahar Hashemi - is poised to announce a listing in Waitrose stores. The brand, which was launched last year and is available in Harvey Nichols and...
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Little Scotney Best joins paler brother
Westerham Brewery is to add an additional beer to its range following the success of recent brand launches into Waitrose stores. Little Scotney Best Bitter, produced by the Kent-based brewery, is set to go into Waitrose's south east...
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M&S praised for welfare
Marks and Spencer has won the RSPCA's good business award for animal welfare, stealing the crown from Waitrose.Judges praised the fact the store's welfare policies covered all tiers of meat, led by its 'look behind the label'...
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Bogof's week
There were no shortage of laughs at the IGD conference this week. Commenting on a prediction by Waitrose CEO Steven Esom that "by 2020, we will have cashless, checkout-less supermarkets," bearded wag and Tate & Lyle CEO Iain Ferguson retorted:...
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Waitrose vegetables go black to the future
Waitrose is to offer its customers a range of naturally black fruit and vegetables, which will be launched in the run-up to Hallowe'en. It has sourced black varieties of cabbage, potato and pear from British growers, and is...
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Net sales set todouble
A grocery retailer with sales exceeding those of Waitrose or Somerfield. That will be the size of the internet grocery market in the next five years as its value more than doubles, a new report seen exclusively by The Grocer reveals. The...
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Waitrose adds liqueur range
A family-owned French company has developed a range of traditional liqueurs exclusively for Waitrose. Gabriel Boudier of Dijon, renowned for its Crème de Cassis, has created the Classic Liqueurs Collection, which comprises cherry and...
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Take action over government organic threat
Your recent article stating that Asda was committed to extending its organic range, ('Asda: our organics will be a shock to Waitrose', The Grocer, 23 September, p12) was further evidence that organics have at last become mainstream and shaken...
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Tesco is blastedby Price
Waitrose chief Mark Price launched a scathing attack on Britain's biggest retailer this week, calling on the Competition Commission to prevent the UK turning into "Tesco Land".Managing director Price was speaking on the eve of the...
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Star Buyer John Stokes
Stokes has been buying sauces and condiments for Waitrose for six years, having worked for the group for 11 years. Prior to taking on this role, he worked in a number of other areas, including confectionery and biscuits. The aspect of the...
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this week a year ago The winner was...
The Waitrose store on Penn Road in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, won our Top Store award this time last year. Our mystery shopper reported that the store had phenomenally high levels of customer service.At the time, store...
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Waitrose ready meals recalled
Waitrose has recalled two of its own-label Oriental ready meals due to incorrect allergen labelling information.The affected products are Waitrose Oriental Banquet for two with two starters and crispy duck, 1,215g and Waitrose Oriental...
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Waitrose Entertaining goes from strength to strength
Waitrose Entertaining is going from strength to strength, according to the retailer. Kate Greenslade, category buyer, Waitrose Entertaining, said sales at the catalogue service had been consistently good and were rising steadily. She...
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Rivals of no concern, says Waitrose boss
Waitrose managing director Steven Esom last week posted yet another impressive set of results as the supermarket continues to go from strength to strength. Total sales are up 11% to just short of £1.8bn for the half year, thanks to accelerated...
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Q&A with John Parker Manager of the Week
How long have you worked for Waitrose?Thirty five years now, the last 25 as a store manager. I started in Portsmouth and have worked in 25 stores since then. In that time I have opened new stores in Maidenhead, Berkshire and...
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Organic farming loses out in poll by Waitrose
Conventionally produced food has come out on top in a poll on organics on Waitrose's website.More than two-thirds of visitors to the site said they preferred conventional agriculture, compared to 32.2% in favour of organic...
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Shoppers hungry for choice drive record Waitrose sales
Waitrose is putting product choice back into the market where others are stripping it out, the boss of the supermarket said this week.Referring to the high-profile drive undertaken by rival Sainsbury's to streamline its ranges...
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Chicken still top of the protein charts
Chicken is still Britain's favourite meat by a consi-derable margin, despite claims by retailer Waitrose last week that fish had just become the top-selling protein in its outlets.The poultry industry has been at pains to stress its...