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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
Our grass is greener With a 'great story' to tell, Waitrose was no longer prepared to be shouted down by its rivals. Mark Price took up the cudgels. He explains his approach to Belinda Gannaway Mark Price had a challenge put in front of him two...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
The history 1864 John Lewis opens his first shop on London's Oxford Street 1904 Wallace Waite, Arthur Rose and David Taylor open their first small store in West London 1905 John Lewis buys Peter Jones in London's Sloane Square 1914...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
Partners, pioneers crusaders. Waitrose shares with its suppliers a joint vision to grow ahead of the market. There's also a solid dose of trust, says Nicola Gordon-Seymour The idea of forging solid, long lasting relationships with suppliers is not...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
A sense of history Waitrose today accounts for half of the business of the John Lewis Partnership. Chairman Sir Stuart Hampson tells Julian Hunt what makes the Partnership different from the rest of the retail crowd If Sir Stuart Hampson has a...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
They've been fully converted Need someone to convert a batch of Somerfields into slick, fully fledged Waitrose operations - fast? Bill Bishop's your man. The head of selling servies spoke to Tim Palmer If you want to know how to go about opening...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
The challenges of cyberspace The internet is taking Waitrose into whole new areas - giving director of selling and marketing Mark Price the task of making sure each element meets the standards set by stores. He tells Belinda Gannaway why this job...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
The partners and the principles When John Spedan Lewis first set up a retail outlet based on egalitarian principles, he could not have foreseen the intensively competitive world in which we now live. So how do Waitrose principles hold up today? Sue...
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Waitrose: a supplement to The Grocer
Those natural impulses Organic food has been a Waitrose obsession for nearly 20 years, but it is only six years since the niche achieved profit. Camilla Palmer talks to chief agronomist Alan Wilson Organic food has become something of a passion at...
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Happy with symbols
Sir; re the criticism of symbol groups and the support for Booker in A symbol of excess' (The Grocer, Letters, June 17, p17). There are surely hidden costs in buying from cash and carry. The turnover of our store would mean we would have to employ...
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How to keep kids silent
Cadbury has added the Shush bar to its CadburyLand portfolio in the tussle for kids' pocket money. The chocolate coated bar is similar to Mars' Milky Way, with a whipped chocolate nougatine centre. It is aimed at seven to 11 year olds and has an...
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The King with a sense of humour
Bestfoods is nudging the dynamic instant hot snacks category nearer to meals with the launch of King Pot Noodle size on July 17. The new packs are 400g rather than 300g, in chicken and mushroom, and beef and tomato flavours. Bestfoods is backing...
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Training: Selling? it's a people thing
The key to prosperity is interacting with customers in a way that truly fulfils their needs and values says Steve Martin Think as a customer for a few moments. In a world where choice is all important, does anyone stop to ask if there is too much...
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Saving young lives
To coincide with Child Safety Week (June 19-25), Swedish Match announced it is repackaging its range of Bryant & May matches to include a bold, new, on pack safety warning. This year's campaign was launched on June 19 by Dr Kim Howells, Minister...
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Red meat retail market shares: Tesco top
Trade gossip and a few published statistics have recently suggested the multiples' share of the red meat market may have stopped growing. MLC's new issue of Meat Demand Trends includes Taylor Nelson Sofres figures challenging this. Tesco alone...
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M&S sells property
Marks and Spencer, under new property chief Chris Williams, is looking to raise a further £250m from selling off property. Property already sold or on the market includes Body Shop and Pizza Land outlets adjacent to M&S stores in Edinburgh, and...