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Suppliers: 'fines from Waitrose are an abuse'

18 Feb 2012 | Updated: 20 Feb 2012 | By Elinor Zuke

Small suppliers have accused Waitrose of “an absolute abuse of power” following its introduction of fines for late deliveries.

Waitrose boosts traffic after it 'retargets' users who leave site

11 Feb 2012 | By James Halliwell

Waitrose has seen a tenfold increase in click-through rates to its website after it introduced ‘personalised re-targeting’ advertising late last year.

Waitrose greenest store in Bracknell

Waitrose hit by Facebook fury over broccoli link to biotech giant Subscription

09 Feb 2012 | By Julia Glotz

Waitrose has found itself in the middle of a social media storm for selling a variety of broccoli linked to biotech company Monsanto.

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Don’t sacrifice service at the altar of price Subscription

26 Nov 2011 | Updated: 08 Feb 2012

The UK’s big five supermarkets – Tesco, Asda, Waitrose, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s – are currently embroiled in a very public price war.

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Marc Bolland's special bet Subscription

13 Sep 2011 | By Guy Montague-Jones

Major refurbishments at Marks & Spencer and Waitrose reveal some their very different thinking on how to grow sales toward the upper end of food retail.

Support vital for countryside and its people Subscription

09 Jul 2011 | By Mark Price

National Countryside Week is a chance for industry to show support for farmers and conservationists, says Mark Price

You don’t have to be cheap to offer value Subscription

09 Apr 2011 | By Peter Vicary-Smith

The Which? supermarket survey put Waitrose top. Rivals would do well to learn from its example.

Poll

David Cameron wants 'drunk tanks' and 'booze buses' to tackle British drinking culture.

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BRC is increasingly out of touch with industry

18 Feb 2012 | Updated: 20 Feb 2012

I can’t help but feel Stephen Robertson’s bemoaning of MPs shows the BRC to be increasingly out of touch.

Tesco's not taking a step back from carbon reduction

04 Feb 2012

Last week’s article does not quite capture our position. We believe carbon labelling plays a really important role.

Connection counts online

04 Feb 2012

Daljit Bhurji is right to highlight that follower numbers are not the most important when measuring the impact of social media.

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