John Lewis news and analysis – Page 21
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NewsWaitrose adds £1.50 to value of Healthy Start vouchers
Healthy Start vouchers are issued to pregnant women and families on low income with children under the age of four
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NewsPeter Cross to step down as John Lewis customer director
He was promoted to customer experience director in 2017 and the role was expanded to cover Waitrose last year
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat Stuart Rose brings to EG Group
Analysts have welcomed the appointment of the former Ocado chairman and CEO of M&S
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NewsSupermarkets and other food retailers to get mass Covid-19 testing
Only businesses with at least 50 staff will be eligible for the programme
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NewsMedia Bites 27 Jan: PespiCo/Beyond Meat, Greencore, PZ Cussons
Pepsico is to take a step beyond fizzy drinks and snacks into the plant-based meat sector after signing a joint venture with Beyond Meat
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NewsMedia Bites 25 Jan: John Lewis Partnership, Business rates, Sainsbury’s
The John Lewis Partnership is under increasing pressure to hand back millions of pounds of business rates relief after revealing that it performed better than expected at the end of last year
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership to donate £2m to charities as extension of Christmas fundraiser
It follows the Partnership raising over £3m for the charities through its Give a Little Love campaign
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NewsCity snapshot: Retail sales suffers worst year on record after Christmas falls flat
The UK retail sector has suffered its worst year on record after a Christmas sales rise of 0.4% failed to meet expectations, according to the Office of National Statistics. Plus, The John Lewis Partnership upgrades profit expectations and pays back £300m government aid and all the rest of the latest news from the City
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Grocer 33‘Safe environment’ for our shopper at winning Waitrose store
Availability was also strong, with just one out-of-stock and one not-stocked product
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Grocer 33Waitrose Buxton: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We’ve had mixed feedback around enforcing mask wearing, but most customers have been understanding and say they feel more comfortable’
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership launches 100 virtual events for customers
The events include food and drink, fashion, crafting, and home and garden classes led by JLP partners
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NewsMedia Bites 14 January: Brexit, Lidl, Just Eat, Unilever
The UK government is proposing to fast-track empty supermarket food lorries returning to Europe to restock, as concerns mount in Whitehall that post-Brexit port disruption threatened supermarket supply shortages.
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NewsMedia Bites 13 Jan: Northern Ireland food supplies, The Hut Group, Carrefour
The UK’s major supermarkets have warned the government that an ‘urgent intervention’ is needed to prevent further disruption to NI food supplies
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NewsWaitrose to make masks mandatory in-store and limit shoppers to one per household
Staff will also now be required to wear face coverings behind Perspex screens and in back-of-house areas
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NewsMedia Bites 8 Jan: Sainsbury’s, Brexit, B&M
Sainsbury’s has hiked its full-year profit forecast after sales surged by nearly a tenth during the key Christmas period
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NewsThe biggest retail tech advances of 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has demanded solutions to new problems, and ones that can be applied swiftly
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Analysis & FeaturesTop Campaigns 2020: how Tesco topped our table… with a safety video
What did Tesco do to make its messaging the most effective of the year?
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NewsWaitrose hires Leon commercial boss Charlotte di Cello as trading director
Charlotte di Cello will take over from Rupert Thomas next month
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NewsHalo Coffee targets crowd funds of £300k as demand rockets
Eco coffee pod brand Halo Coffee has turned to the crowd to seek £300,000 following an explosion in demand for in-home brews
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NewsJohn Lewis to roll out rapid Covid-19 testing for staff
The retailer has rolled out testing facilities to 40 locations across England through a link-up with the Department of Health and Social Care