All Waitrose & Partners articles – Page 11
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InterviewInterview: Gail’s boss Tom Molnar on high street survival and sustainable sourdough
The chief executive of high street bakery chain Gail’s Tom Molnar explains how the business has survived the pandemic and how his love of surfing has informed his commitment to sustainability.
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NewsJohn Lewis builds offer beyond retail with ethical financial products
John Lewis Partnership has entered the retail investment market for the first time as it seeks to generate more profits from outside traditional retail.
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DataData: Grocery sales slip as customers enjoy lifting restrictions
Grocery sales continued to decline in August as customers returned to pubs, bars and restaurants.
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NewsJohn Lewis leases massive distribution centre from Tesco to support online growth
John Lewis Partnership has agreed the lease of a 1 million sq ft distribution centre from Tesco as it builds online operations.
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NewsJohn Lewis and Waitrose raise drivers’ pay to combat shortage
John Lewis Partnership, owner of the eponymous department store business and grocer Waitrose, has become the latest retailer to increase drivers’ pay as the industry faces a shortage.
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NewsSupermarkets struggle to stock shelves amid Covid app ‘pingdemic’
Supermarkets including Tesco, Waitrose and Iceland have all been hit with staff availability issues as the ‘pingdemic’ forces workers to isolate.
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NewsExclusive: John Lewis and Waitrose poised to make 1,000 roles redundant
Department store group John Lewis and sister business Waitrose have proposed 1,000 redundancies in stores, Retail Week can reveal.
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Opinion‘Employers that shy away from flexibility are missing out on a wealth of untapped talent’
Gender equality will never be achieved unless employers think differently about parental leave, argues John Lewis Partnership people director Nikki Humphrey
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OpinionMove of the Week: Waitrose recruits outside partnership for top retail role
Waitrose’s appointment of the Co-op’s Tina Mitchell as its new retail director is significant for a number of reasons.
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NewsJohn Lewis and Waitrose launch ‘Zoom-free Fridays’ to combat video-call fatigue
Department store group John Lewis and grocery stablemate Waitrose are piloting ‘Zoom-free Fridays’ to ensure staff are not ground down by too many video meetings.
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NewsJohn Lewis poaches Tina Mitchell from Co-op as new Waitrose retail director
John Lewis has poached Tina Mitchell from the Co-op as its new retail director, to lead on offering customers a “world-class service” in Waitrose stores.
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NewsWatch: John Lewis puts price centre-stage for first time in Anyday campaign
John Lewis has unveiled a marketing campaign for its new Anyday brand, which for the first time puts product prices at the heart of the push.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisWaitrose (Financials)
Net sales at Waitrose rose 5.8% to £7,139m in the latest financial year despite volumes falling 1.5% on the previous year with average item prices rising 6.6% at the retailer due to soaring inflation. Trading sales (trading sales includes VAT, sale or return and other non-cash accounting adjustments) grew 4.8% to £7,661m.
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Retail Navigator Analysis
Waitrose (Overview)
Upmarket grocer Waitrose is part of the John Lewis Partnership (JLP), along with the eponymous department store business, and accounted for around 64% of group sales in the year to 28 January 2023 (FY2022).
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Retail Navigator AnalysisWaitrose (People)
Executive director James Bailey leads the Waitrose arm of the John Lewis Partnership.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisWaitrose (SWOT)
Waitrose announced plans to open new stores from 2024, the first stores in six years. This will see the retailer target “underserved areas” and expand its geographical reach.
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OpinionAngus Thirlwell: ‘Forget the caterpillars – retail needs collaboration, not conflict’
Three years ago, I was spitting chocolate feathers. Customers on social media began alerting me to a suspiciously similar range of chocolate slabs that had appeared in Waitrose.
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DataData: The grocery winners and losers from the Covid-19 pandemic
Now that most grocers have issued full-year results, Retail Week crunches the numbers on a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic that supercharged food retailing.
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NewsWaitrose and Hotel Chocolat strike new product partnership
Waitrose has struck a partnership with Hotel Chocolat to sell a selection of the retailer’s products in its supermarkets and online.
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NewsWaitrose to create 400 new jobs as it extends Deliveroo partnership
Waitrose is set to create 400 new jobs as it extends its home delivery partnership with Deliveroo to 110 new stores.
