Waitrose news and analysis
Waitrose & Partners is a supermarket chain owned by the John Lewis Partnership, which is the UK's largest employee-owned business. It operates more than 300 stores across the UK. The Grocer covers Waitrose with news, analysis, insight and opinion, including pricing comparisons, brand positioning, and market performance.
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NewsDeliveroo dips into meal kits with Waitrose-owned Dishpatch
Users will be able to select from 13 meal kits designed by top chefs including Angela Hartnett, Rick Stein, Sabrina Ghayour and Atul Kochhar, as well as a line of desserts.
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NewsWaitrose becomes first supermarket to roll out invisible milk tags in recycling drive
Waitrose has added the tags to the majority of its own-label milk range
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NewsKeira Knightley and Joe Wilkinson star in romcom Waitrose Christmas advert 2025
Waitrose’s Christmas ad follows a meet-cute at the Waitrose cheese counter with Keira Knightley and Joe Wilkinson over Sussex Charmer cheddar
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NewsBritish-Indian vodka brand Desi Daru seals grocery debut
The challenger brand’s Alphonso Mango Vodka has landed in 140 Waitrose stores nationwide
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NewsWaitrose opens ‘food lovers’ concept store to test ideas
Waitrose said the new development at its Newbury store was aimed at ‘reinforcing its mission to be the first choice for food lovers’
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Grocer 33Waitrose CFC manager Matt Price on running a ‘military operation’ at Christmas
‘London is a tough battleground for online ordering, and incredibly challenging as there’s so many options and such intense capacity’
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Grocer 33Waitrose offers the best online delivery experience in Lewisham
Waitrose was the only delivery that arrived without any unavailable, substituted or missing items
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NewsWaitrose starts rolling out new ‘Little Treats’ across its estate
The ‘Little Treats’ initiative allows members of the MyWaitrose loyalty programme to claim up to three benefits each month
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NewsWaitrose invests £1m to boost nature-friendly farming
Touted as a ‘significant step up’ for the supermarket giant’s Farming for Nature programme, it has partnered with the Soil Foundation Exchange and Regenified to support farmers with tools, advice and certification
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NewsWaitrose set to double British butternut squash harvest after ‘perfect’ summer
Waitrose said this autumn marks the first time British butternut squash has been available on such a large scale
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Grocer 33Waitrose crowned best supermarket in Harrow mystery shop
This week’s smallest store offered a ‘very enjoyable experience’
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Grocer 33Waitrose South Harrow’s Rob Pender on commuter customers and Halloween sales
‘It’s a very busy, 24-hour operation, and the first store I’ve managed where there is a petrol station, which has added layers of complexity’
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NewsAutistic man ‘sacked’ by Waitrose offered paid role by Asda
Tom Boyd has been offered two paid shifts a week by Asda after he was let go from Waitrose’s Cheadle Hulme store
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Comment & OpinionHow Waitrose’s good intentions became a PR disaster
Waitrose this morning awoke to a flurry of headlines decrying its decision to ‘sack’ Tom Boyd, 28, who had been stacking shelves at the retailer for four years
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NewsWaitrose criticised for axing autistic volunteer
Charity worker Frances Boyd from Stockport said her 27-year-old son Tom Boyd had done over 600 hours of work experience at a store in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester
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NewsThe Waitrose Foundation pledges £1m investment in water security
It is part of the foundation’s efforts to create better livelihoods for workers and their families while shoring up agricultural supply chain resilience and long-term sustainability
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Comment & Opinion‘No.1 and only’ Chesney Hawkes makes some noise for Waitrose
The evergreen Hawkes lip-syncs along to a remix of his 1991 hit The One and Only because… well, Waitrose has an own label called No.1
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NewsTesco seeking 28,500 temps with ‘just the right attitude’ for Christmas
The supermarket said it is looking for candidates “who can bring warmth, enthusiasm and a helpful service to every shopping trip”.
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NewsWaitrose rolls out emissions tracking across seafood supply chain
The platform, created by industry body Seafish, allows seafood businesses to generate carbon footprints for both wild-capture and aquaculture products by inputting supply chain data such as fuel use, processing, packaging and transport
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NewsCharlie Bigham’s rolls £29.95 Brasserie meal into Waitrose
The Brasserie range was designed to ‘capture the essence of restaurant dining’, said Charlie Bigham’s