Waitrose news and analysis – Page 16
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Grocer 33Waitrose Portswood, Southampton: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘There’s a huge uni campus nearby, so as a result we have a real mix of shoppers. Our on-demand services have really grown’
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Grocer 33Stellar staff and attractive displays at Waitrose Portswood store
Waitrose has followed up its Grocer Gold Award for service with a second consecutive weekly win in our mystery shop competition
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NewsWaitrose ‘in talks’ with British Corner Shop to potentially rekindle relationship
Waitrose was BCS’s main retail partner before the online grocer joined forces with M&S in 2021
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NewsRetailers gear up for weekend of sport with array of booze offers
An unsettled weather forecast hasn’t stopped the mults piling on the discounts
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NewsAvailability improves at all the supermarkets except Asda
As the cost of living crisis recedes, supermarkets have done a better job in the past year at getting products on shelves
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Grocer 33Waitrose Bury St Edmunds: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘Our transaction count is probably double the region and is growing at a decent rate’
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Grocer 33Great staff and ‘tempting’ displays at Waitrose
Our shopper was impressed by the store’s ‘very tempting seasonal displays’
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Analysis & FeaturesSainsbury’s wins Grocer of the Year for the first time in two decades
Sainsbury’s has bagged Grocer of the Year for the first time in nearly two decades at last night’s Grocer Gold Awards 2024 – topping an outstanding evening of celebration
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Events & AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Waitrose Lichfield’s Barry Griffiths wins Store Manager of the Year
Judges praised Griffiths’ “genuinely outstanding” achievements during a highly disrupted year
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Events & AwardsGrocer Gold Awards 2024: Waitrose takes The Grocer 33 Award for Service
The upmarket retailer picked up 16 Grocer 33 store of the week awards - down from the 20 it scored last year
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NewsWaitrose beef supplier Dovecote Park enjoys strong growth in latest accounts
The North Yorkshire-based supplier saw profits almost double last year, while turnover rose by just under 15%
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Range PreviewPreview some of the 130 new launches into Waitrose’s No.1 range
New additions include sausage from pigs sired by pedigree Hampshire boars and Belgian blonde chocolate florentines from a Dorset bakery founded in 1916
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NewsZoe launches ‘first of its kind’ whole food supplement into Waitrose
Nutrition app Zoe has developed the plant-based Daily30+ supplement as a “whole food complement”
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Analysis & FeaturesCute delivery drivers and shrinkflation: June in grocery on social media
Slicing through the buzz of social media to see what’s happening in the world of grocery
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Comment & OpinionSunny weather could buoy food & drink sales. It can’t come soon enough
Let’s hope the Euros also kickstart a more sunny outlook among careworn shoppers
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s driving the flurry of premium own label NPD?
Waitrose and Asda are the latest with big premium tier launches
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NewsWaitrose relaunches premium own label No.1
’It’s probably one of the biggest brand relaunches in UK grocery this year,’ Waitrose customer director Nathan Ansell told The Grocer
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Grocer 33Waitrose Saltash: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We’re giving people lots of reasons to want to come and shop with us again, and we’re attracting new customers’
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Grocer 33Waitrose Saltash impresses our shopper with ‘friendly and efficient’ team
The store picked up an impressive 84 points with particularly high marks on availability
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Comment & OpinionWhat Waitrose’s posh meal kits say about its core target customer
Waitrose’s acquisition of posh meal kit delivery brand Dishpatch is the latest of its strategy to redefine its core customer base