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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Feb- 2021 -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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12 FebruaryDepartment Stores
John Lewis donates over 5000 items to families in need
John Lewis partnership has announced it has donated nearly 5000 items of warm clothing to families in need as the UK’s temperatures continue to drop. The clothing will be distributed through local Home-Starts across ten key locations in the UK, where many vulnerable communities have been affected most during the…
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2 FebruaryDepartment Stores
John Lewis Partnership to provide care packages to NHS workers
The John Lewis Partnership has announced its partnership with the British Medical Association (BMA) to provide frontline NHS workers with care packages to keep them “refuelled and refreshed” as they continue facing extreme pressure caring for patients in UK hospitals. Based on advice from the BMA, these supplies will be…
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Jan- 2021 -28 JanuaryAnalysis
Supermarkets, the unsung heroes
Of all the many seismic changes that 2020 has precipitated, one that may have gone under the radar of most people is the impact of the pandemic on perceptions of the UK supermarket sector. Long lambasted for alleged price fixing tactics, squeezing suppliers and environmental concerns, the sector appeared locked…
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26 JanuarySupermarkets
Waitrose ranked top supermarket for single-use plastic reduction
Waitrose has announced it has ranked first in the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Greenpeace’s annual league table, which assesses how supermarkets are reducing use of single-use plastics, for the second year in a row. Since 2017, Waitrose has reported an “absolute plastic reduction” of 6.1% across both its own-brand…
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13 JanuaryDepartment Stores
John Lewis Partnership to enforce face coverings in stores
John Lewis Partnership has announced it will tighten its Covid-19 rules by insisting that all customers wear a face covering (unless medically exempt or under the required age). To help ensure customers wear the face coverings, marshals will be positioned at the entrances of all supermarkets and will have disposable…
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Dec- 2020 -22 DecemberSupermarkets
Waitrose appoints new trading director
Waitrose has announced the appointment of Charlotte di Cello as the supermarket chain’s new trading director, after a competitive internal and external recruitment process. Cello will join Waitrose on 18 January 2021 from Leon, where she is currently chief commercial officer, and succeed the current trading director, Rupert Thomas, who…
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18 DecemberNews
John Lewis Partnership appoints Rita Clifton CBE as deputy chair
The John Lewis Partnership has announced that Rita Clifton CBE has been appointed as the group’s next deputy chairman. Clifton will join the Partnership board next February, and brings with her “significant” experience as a non-executive director in a range of consumer facing sectors. She replaces Keith Williams in the…
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