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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Comment & OpinionThree lessons from the winners of the Grocer Gold Awards 2026
This week has been dominated by the Grocer Gold Awards on Tuesday. So what are the lessons?
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NewsWaitrose rolls out co-branded Heineken and Coca-Cola bays for World Cup
The move comes amid a broader shift in how retailers are thinking about, ranging and merchandising drinks in store
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NewsSmart trolley shoppers spend much more, but can get distracted, study finds
Smart cart users add more items to their trolleys than non-users and spend longer in store
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2026: Grocer 33 — service award
Waitrose consistently delivered outstanding customer service standards in our annual mystery shopping competition
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2026: Consumer initiative of the year
How Uber Eats and Waitrose ‘changed the future of loyalty’
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NewsWaitrose expecting huge low & no sales for 1am England match
Pubs are also in line for a major boost after PM Keir Starmer announced yesterday that pubs would be allowed to stay open until 5am
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NewsJLP launches ‘research online, purchase offline’ measurement after signing new retail media partner
The deal with tech player Kevel would ‘future-proof its retail media offer to brands’ JLP said.
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NewsWaitrose tells suppliers it plans to ‘optimise’ its range
Suppliers have been told that around 25% of Waitrose’s range accounts for just 3% of its sales
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Grocer 33Small Waitrose store is best of the bunch across Swindon
Waitrose on Mill Lane posted this week’s best performance on availability and excelled in various areas
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Grocer 33Waitrose Swindon’s store manager on trading during a World Cup and a heatwave
‘What’s noticeable is how much on-demand kicks in around the England games. Families are definitely coming together to enjoy our food and drink’
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NewsWaitrose to extend on-demand deliveries for rest of World Cup
The expanded hours will be available from more than 50 stores across England and Scotland
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NewsTesco joins forces with Waitrose and B&Q for Dunnhumby-led retail media pilot
The retailers – as part of the newly formed ‘Dunnhumby network alliance’ – will launch the pilots in the coming weeks
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NewsWaitrose supermarket in fourth day of closure after fire
Waitrose has said it will reopen the 29,000 sq ft store as soon as it is safe, but given no indication of when that will be
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NewsWaitrose invests in unhomogenised milk after sales boom
Waitrose said the decision to install new milk tanks responded to surging demand for unhomogenised milk
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NewsWaitrose becomes first supermarket to launch year-round British samphire
The premium retailer partnered with speciality produce grower Westlands, which uses advanced hydroponic and glasshouse technology, to achieve the feat
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NewsWaitrose BWS trading head Pierpaolo Petrassi leaves the business
Announcing his departure on Linkedin, Petrassi said: ‘Leaving a place that has been such a massive part of my life is never easy’
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NewsWaitrose raises meal deal price by 10%
The deal includes a main such as a sandwich, salad or sushi plus a drink and a snack
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NewsWaitrose gears up for summer with new BBQ boxes
Waitrose said the Butchers’ BBQ Box (rsp: £20) and Fish BBQ Box (rsp: £23) were designed “to elevate any barbecue this summer”
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NewsThree Spirit lands grocery debut for functional non-alcoholic duo
It marked the first time a functional non-alcoholic spirit had secured a UK grocery listing, Three Spirit claimed
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NewsDish From Waitrose podcast passes billion download landmark
Waitrose said the show, hosted by Nick Grimshaw and chef Angela Hartnett, was currently the only branded podcast featured in both the Apple and Spotify top 100 charts globally and the only branded podcast in the UK top 20