Waitrose plants foot in gardening market with outdoor stalls and website
Waitrose has revealed plans to open gardening shops outside 41 stores as it rolls out a range of 6,000 garden products.
Customers will be able to buy plants and gardening accessories from the outdoor sheds – to be called Waitrose Flower Gardens – using a card-reader till. Gardening products will also be stocked inside all core shops.
The range available in stores will comprise 850 flowers, plants, bulbs and seeds as well as 80 gardening accessories.
A larger range of over 5,000 horticulture products will be sold on a new website – Waitrosegarden.com – created in partnership with the online garden supplier Crocus.
Alan Titchmarsh will offer his expert gardening tips and advice on the site.
“This will make us a serious player in what is already a hugely successful category for us,” said Waitrose marketing director Rupert Thomas.
Readers' comments (2)
Pat Kingsnorth | 19 Mar 2013 16:33
Hi, I am the Town Clerk at Leighton-Linslade Town Council in Bedfordshire (a large market town). I wondered whether you would be interested in coming to our market as a trial?
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Joanna Bush | 21 Mar 2013 18:41
Hi I visited South Woodford store today I like very much your open garden. Can I do order on the line?
Fruit tree - are there large tree or a small one?
I am interested in Victoria plum,
- pear tree, orange apple tree.
Also you do have a good quality compost.
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