Waitrose news and analysis – Page 90
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NewsWaitrose back with an own-label Scotch
Waitrose is launching a Scotch whisky after taking a break from the own-label market for three years for cost and supply reasons. The 40% abv Waitrose Blended Scotch Whisky (rsp: £12.15/70cl) is made in the Scottish Highlands by Whyte...
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Analysis & Features
Waitrose ramps up its deal activity, acting on impulse
The only retailer to increase its year-on-year promotional activity last month was Waitrose.
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Waitrose targeting Tesco rather than Ocado inside M25
Waitrose MD Mark Price claims the retailer's expansion of its online service into London will steal market share from Tesco not Ocado. Describing Ocado as a "business partner", Price said his goal was for Waitrose and Ocado to overtake...
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NewsInvestment dents Waitrose profits but food sales stay on upward curve
Waitrose has suffered a drop in half-year operating profits of almost 14%, despite food sales growing impressively on a like-for-like basis. Profits for the past six months fell by £17.6m to £110.2m, Waitrose announced today. The performance follows heavy investment on its stores and squeezed margins on some lines as ...
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Yog extends frozen yoghurt to Waitrose
Frozen yoghurt retailer Yog is making its products available for the first time outside its own stores with an exclusive rollout in Waitrose next month.Yog operates six café-style stores across the UK, including sites in London, Brighton...
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Waitrose woos posh house buyers
Waitrose has teamed up with Banner Homes to offer new residents at a new upmarket development in Sunningdale, Berkshire, a free hamper and a £10 grocery voucher.
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NewsWaitrose signs up Moore for executive chef role
Waitrose has appointed Michelin-starred chef Jonathan Moore as executive chef.
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Analysis & Features
Living la vida local
Not one to be fazed by competition from the mults, Andrew Thornton has revamped his Crouch End Budgens store to wrest back sales from Waitrose. Elinor Zuke finds out more
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Waitrose.com learns ‘common sense’
Waitrose has promised to add "common sense" features to its problem-plagued online delivery site admitting that the platform was not built to remember shopper addresses or their local branches. New users currently have to complete an...
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NewsWaitrose takes Duchy Originals to Spain
Waitrose has signed a deal to take Duchy Originals to the Continent. It will supply Spanish department store El Corte Inglés with the upmarket range, which Waitrose acquired in 2009.
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Herring roe is new beans on toast, says Waitrose
Beans on toast are taking a back seat as shoppers roll back the years with an old-fashioned alternative: herring roe. Sales of the fish at Waitrose are up 39% over the equivalent period last year.
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NewsSmall batch Indian sauces from Anand
TV chef and cookery writer Anjum Anand has launched seven premium home cooking sauces into Waitrose. The Spice Tailor range of ambient sauces (rsp: £2.89/255g) are hand-made in small batches in India. The line-up, inspired by regional...
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Grocer 33Waitrose, Rickmansworth
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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Analysis & FeaturesHow much ground has been lost by Waitrose web woes?
Waitrose has been the retailer seemingly impervious to hitches and glitches – until it came to the launch of its online delivery service.
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NewsBarfoots cuts corn on the cob down to size
Own-label sweetcorn supplier Barfoots of Botley has launched its first branded product a bag of cob segments designed to be eaten as a snack. Sweetcorn Bites (rsp: £1.99 for a pack of eight) went on sale in Waitrose this week. They can...
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NewsWaitrose running late on web improvements
Waitrose has come in for more fierce criticism over its online delivery site, after it failed to deliver a series of planned updates to fix problems that have plagued the site since it launched four months ago.
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Grocer 33Waitrose, Cheltenham
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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Comment & Opinion
Support vital for countryside and its people
National Countryside Week is a chance for industry to show support for farmers and conservationists, says Mark Price
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NewsWinners announced for CIWF dairy award
Asda, The Co-operative Group and Waitrose have all been named as winners of Compassion In World Farming's first-ever Good Dairy Award, at the charity's annual Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards. The award recognises retailers and food...
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NewsWaitrose unveils mini Heston pudding for Christmas
Waitrose is hoping to replicate the massive success of last year’s Christmas pudding by Heston Blumenthal by launching a miniature version for the 2011 festive period.