Waitrose news and analysis – Page 52
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NewsWaitrose next to reduce prices with round of branded cuts
Its Priced to the Pound promotion rounds the prices of branded items down to the nearest pound
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NewsWaitrose food and grocery head Rupert Thomas to leave business
Thomas joined Waitrose from Sainsbury’s in 2003, and was promoted to marketing director in 2010
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NewsPlant-based cheese brand Willicroft lands Waitrose listing
A trio of Willicroft products go on sale in Waitrose on 7 October
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NewsWaitrose online orders up 20% since Ocado split
One of its stores in Southend fulfilled 3,000 online orders last week, the first time any Waitrose branch has hit the milestone
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NewsWaitrose to launch plastic-free wrapping paper this Christmas
The wrapping paper is made from sustainable Forest Stewardship Council-certified paper and printed using water-based inks
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NewsWaitrose beef processor Dovecote Park sees 4.3% sales decline
The supplier said sales had fallen due to a 10% drop in beef price
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NewsWaitrose recalls cupcakes over undeclared walnuts
A batch of the product was mispacked and contained the supermarket’s coffee & walnut mini cupcakes
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NewsWaitrose ditches multibuy kidney beans to cut down on plastic
The removal of the plastic wrapping will apply to all Waitrose own label multibuy tins
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NewsJohn Lewis and Waitrose to roll out joint loyalty scheme
It follows a pilot in which 60,000 MyWaitrose and My John Lewis loyalty cardholders received a combined card in September 2018
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NewsCity Snapshot: John Lewis Partnership scraps staff bonus as it suffers £635m loss
The John Lewis Partnership has scrapped its annual staff bonus as it suffered a first half loss of £635m amid restructuring costs and heavy writedowns of its John Lewis store estate. Plus, grocery sales boom at Co-op, update from Hilton Food Group and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsWaitrose to sell Wolverhampton store to Tesco as four branches close
The 140 partners at the Waitrose Wolverhampton branch will move to Tesco under TUPE provisions
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Comment & OpinionM&S switchover complete, but Waitrose is the least of Ocado’s problems
Ocado sets the bar on customer service, but rivals are going around the target
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NewsDeparting Waitrose digital chief Ben Stimson to join NHS Test and Trace
He will join as the NHS launches a second iteration of the tracking app across England and Wales on 24 September
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Comment & OpinionThe Ocado-M&S switch will reveal how hard – or easy – it is to break shoppers’ habits
Consumers are averse to changing how they eat and shop, but Ocado is forcing a change upon its shoppers, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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NewsWaitrose to lower minimum spend for online orders to £40
The supermarket is lowering the threshold from £60
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Grocer 33‘Clean and well-ordered’ atmosphere at winning Waitrose
Waitrose continued its impressive form in service and availability this week
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Grocer 33Waitrose Bagshot, Surrey: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘It’s about rewarding staff for their hard work and empowering them to do the right thing for customers’
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NewsWaitrose launches new Heston Blumenthal gin to be served with olive oil
It was created with Heston Blumenthal for the Heston from Waitrose range
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Comment & OpinionCould Waitrose really be about to team up with Amazon? And if so how?
Of all the sacred cows Sharon White is slaying that would be the most sacred and sensational
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NewsWaitrose partners with Deliveroo for delivery trial
More than 500 Waitrose products will be available on the delivery platform