James Bailey news, comment and analysis – Page 3
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NewsWaitrose invests £30m in latest round of price cuts
The £30m investment will come in two separate tranches over the first half of 2024 and will focus entirely on Waitrose’s own-label brands
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NewsWaitrose relaunches food to go range as it targets category growth
Waitrose has extended the number of products available as part of its £5 meal deal, and refreshed packaging
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NewsWaitrose to ‘rapidly’ expand export business as overseas sales surge
Waitrose has been holding meetings with new and existing distributors, including with supermarkets across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean
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NewsCity snapshot: Whisky and gin drives 13% rise in UK drinks exports
UK drinks exports grew 13% last year to £9.4bn as international demand for UK spirits boosted global sales
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NewsKing Charles intervenes in food surplus fight with calls for huge rise in redistribution
The King is launching a Coronation Food Project to coincide with his 75th birthday next month
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NewsThe John Lewis Partnership appoints new property director
Martin Gafsen will join in November, from Royal Mail Group
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NewsWaitrose to use cow manure to power tractors at Leckford farm
The supermarket has installed a biomethane storage and extraction plant at its farm estate
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NewsWaitrose and Amazon in talks over third-party tie-up
Both Amazon and Waitrose have declined to comment on the reports
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Analysis & FeaturesWho will replace Sharon White as chairman of John Lewis Partnership?
With JLP chairman Sharon White stepping down after only five years in 2025, attention turns to the process of finding a suitable replacement
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Comment & OpinionSharon White should never have been appointed John Lewis chairman
There will likely be many privately breathing a sigh of relief as White’s spell in charge has proved a tumultuous period for the bellwether retailer
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Comment & OpinionWhat should we expect from Waitrose store footprint plans?
Waitrose is gearing up to launch what will be its most significant store renewal programme for a decade
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Analysis & FeaturesFive things that will help and hinder Waitrose’s growth strategy
Waitrose is under the microscope as it seeks to transform major elements of the business. The Grocer asks what will stand in the retailer’s way
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NewsWaitrose boss hints at further price cuts as sales improve
‘Our value for money strategy is a long-term one, put it that way,’ James Bailey said
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Comment & OpinionWhy we need mission-led brands more than ever in a cost of living crisis
We need brands that champion purchase drivers other than price, says Ben Black, executive director at Verlinvest
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NewsWaitrose to launch its first ever lunchtime meal deal
The offer, priced at £5, will hit shelves at the end of August
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NewsWaitrose working to improve animal welfare within its European pork supply chain
The supermarket has been working with suppliers to improve welfare across its European meat supply chain
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Comment & OpinionWaitrose’s Uber Eats partnership – about time or too late?
Nowadays such deals seemingly come as often as takeaway drivers did during the pandemic lockdowns
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NewsWaitrose partners with Uber Eats to expand on-demand delivery footprint
The service has initially launched in five London stores with the aim of rolling into more than 200 stores
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NewsWaitrose continues investment in price with second round of cuts
The cuts form the second round of what executive director James Bailey promised in February would be two to three price events expected this year
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Comment & OpinionAvailability struggles hit ‘high values’ Waitrose harder than most
Availability shortages over the past week had been “worse than Covid”, according to one partner