Archive of all John Lewis articles – Page 41
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Comment & OpinionOcado ends with a lot of zeroes now
The online supermarket is now worth more than Marks & Spencer’s and deserves to be considered among the UK’s greatest technology companies
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NewsMedia Bites: Poundworld, Walmart, Amazon, Waitrose
The US private equity owner of Poundworld has put the chain up for sale as TPG has hired accountancy firm Deloitte to find a buyer by the end of the month.
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NewsThe Marshmallowist gets experimental with new flavours
Five “experimental” marshmallow flavours from The Marshmallowist are to roll out from 16 May
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership denies Amazon approach for Waitrose
JLP chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield said “there has been no approach by Amazon regarding Waitrose”
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NewsMedia Bites 8 May: Sainsbury’s/Asda, Waitrose/Amazon, Nestlé/Starbucks
Up to 2,500 jobs in supply chains could be jeopardised by Asda and Sainsbury’s proposed merger, the New Economics Foundation has warned.
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NewsWaitrose shed more than 3,700 staff last year, accounts show
Overall average headcount reduced by 6.6% from 56,330 in 2017 to 52,590 last year
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NewsWaitrose seeks healthy lifestyle tech with JLab 2018 launch
This is the first of three JLab programmes being held in 2018
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NewsMedia Bites 25 April:John Lewis Partnership, Walmart, Coca-Cola
A little less than two thirds of a key council of John Lewis Partnership employees backed a proposal last May to support chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield’s “leadership and the continuing progress of the partnership” in its first secret ballot in more than a decade.
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NewsMedia Bites 16 April: Waitrose, Whitbread, Conviviality, Unilever
Waitrose staff have complained in the John Lewis Partnership in-house magazine that managing director Rob Collin’s restructure of the grocer has crippled the business
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NewsWaitrose expands supper club to Horsham store
Over the last two years Waitrose has hosted supper clubs priced at £35 at stores in Haywards Heath, Newbury and Salisbury
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NewsMedia Bites 9 April: Tesco, Bestway/Bargain Booze, Sugar tax, Pret
Tesco boss Dave Lewis “pressed on merits of Booker tie-up” as it prepares to issue its annual results, writes The Times (£).
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NewsMedia Bites 22 March: Conviviality, Shell, Waitrose, General Mills
Conviviality, the company behind Bargain Booze and Wine rack, has mounted an emergency £125m fundraising in an attempt to save it from collapse.
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NewsMedia Bites 20 March: Tyrrells, Conviviality, Brexit
US confectionery giant Hershey is in the early stages of exploring options for British crisps brand Tyrrells, which it bought through the acquisition of Amplify Snack Brands less than four months ago.
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NewsAmazon's Patrick Pondaven joins GS1 UK's supervisory board
He joins as the supply chain standards organisation seeks an industry-wide solution for managing product data
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NewsMedia Bites 9 March: The Co-op, John Lewis/Waitrose, Conviviality
A bumper day of grocery news sees heavy coverage of the investigation into The Co-op’s treatment of suppliers, John Lewis Partnership’s trading troubles and a share price plunge at Conviviality.
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NewsWaitrose profits down by more than a third
Operating profit before exceptional items was down 32.1% to £172 million for the 52 weeks to 27 January
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NewsMedia Bites 8 March: Jack Daniel’s, Energy drinks, John Lewis
The company behind Jack Daniel’s whisky has warned that it could become “an unfortunate and unintended victim” of Donald Trump’s steel tariff proposal
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NewsFourth quarter volumes fall at Refresco
European bottling giant Refresco, currently subject to a €1.6bn private equity bid, had a disappointing end to the year with volumes and value sales slipping in the fourth quarter.
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NewsWaitrose the second major retailer to cut back its property team
A restructure will see the merger of the previously separate property functions of Waitrose and its parent company John Lewis
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NewsMedia Bites 29 Jan: BHS, Steinhoff/Poundland, Ocado
Unsecured creditors of BHS, the retailer once owned by Sir Philip Green, lodged claims worth almost £1bn in the aftermath of its collapse, according to a report compiled by the chain’s liquidators.