Waitrose
This coverage examines Waitrose’s operations, strategy, and position within the UK retail market. Reporting includes store performance, product innovation, supply chain developments, marketing initiatives, sustainability efforts, and leadership decisions. With a focus on commercial impact and competitive strategy, it provides actionable insights for retail executives, managers, and professionals engaged in grocery and premium food retailing.
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Mar- 2021 -23 MarchSupermarkets
Waitrose bans magazines containing plastic toys
Waitrose has announced that it will no longer sell children’s magazines which contain plastic toys – in a bid to cut down on the use of single-use plastics in its stores. The group said it was inspired to introduce the ban after it learned about a 10-year old girl from…
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22 MarchSupermarkets
Iceland spends £150m on deals despite pocketing £40m Covid relief
Iceland’s owners have taken and spent £150m from the supermarket chain since the beginning of the pandemic, despite refusing to repay business rates relief, according to The Sunday Times. The company’s recent investor presentations revealed that Sir Malcolm Waker, Iceland’s founder, used £141m to purchase former shareholder Brait and acquire…
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17 MarchSupermarkets
Ocado unveils own label rebrand
Ocado has undertaken a rebranding strategy that includes 100 new products and less packaging, as well as a switch from green to purple. The food retailer said that 530 items in the group’s own label range are set to be changed in time for today’s (17 March) launch. Moreover, the…
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11 MarchDepartment Stores
John Lewis swings to £517m loss, warns of further closures
The John Lewis Partnership has swung to a pre-tax loss of £517m in the full-year ended 31 January 2021, down from a profit of £146m reported the year before. This was largely the result of “substantial” exceptional costs of £648m, which included the write down in value of John Lewis…
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4 MarchNews
Waitrose to open new fulfilment centre
Waitrose has announced the opening of a new customer fulfilment centre in Greenford, West London, which will create 800 new jobs when fully operational. When fully running later this year the centre will aim to deliver 25,000 Waitrose.com orders each week, helping to offer five times more online slots each…
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3 MarchSupermarkets
Grocery sales soar 15% in February
Grocery sales rose by 15.1% in February, the fastest rate of growth since June 2020, as UK consumers continued to remain home during lockdown. According to the latest figures from Kantar, UK grocery sales also rose by 12.5% in the 12 weeks to 21 February 2021. Nearly a quarter of…
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Feb- 2021 -26 FebruarySupermarkets
Waitrose partners with FareShare to redirect farm food surplus
Waitrose has announced that it has teamed up with FareShare in a new trial that will redirect surplus farm food to families in need in the next phase of its Give A Little Love Campaign. The trial will run from 1 March through to 30 June 2021 with the grocer…
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24 FebruaryPeople Moves
British Land appoints new non-executive director
The British Land Company has announced the appointment of Loraine Woodhouse as a non-executive director, with effect from 1 March 2021. Woodhouse will chair the audit committee from 31 March 2021 at which time her predecessor Preben Prebensen will step down from his role as interim chair of audit but…
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22 FebruarySupermarkets
Aldi crowned UK’s favourite in-store supermarket by Which?
Aldi has been named the UK’s favourite in-store supermarket in Which?’s annual satisfaction survey. According to the consumer organisation, Aldi emerged as the top in-store supermarket in the UK after receiving a five-star rating for value for money – the only supermarket to achieve this in the survey – and…
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18 FebruaryDepartment Stores
John Lewis signs up to HRH Terra Carta initiative
John Lewis has announced it has become the first retailer to sign-up to HRH The Prince of Wales’ Terra Carta, which forms part of HRH’s Sustainable Markets Initiative. Launched by HRH on 11 January 2021, the Terra Carta lists 10 action articles for the decade and aims to provide an…
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