Apr 1, 2019 | News, Retailing
The Royal Smithfield Club’s president HRH The Countess of Wessex has presented the former Waitrose & Partners director, Heather Jenkins, with the Club’s annual Bicentenary Trophy in recognition of 30 years of outstanding service to the agriculture and meat...
Mar 7, 2019 | News, Poultry Processing, Retailing
Waitrose & Partners has confirmed that it has signed up to the European Chicken Commitment (ECC) to strengthen what it describes as its ‘already award-winning standards.’ This represents an industry leading pledge to only sell meat from slower growing breeds with...
Mar 5, 2019 | Brexit, Food Equipment & Services, News, Retailing
As Brexit uncertainty intensifies, the latest grocery market share figures, published from Kantar Worldpanel, shows year-on-year supermarket sales growth of 1.9% during the 12 weeks to 24th February 2019. Overall, grocery volumes rose by 1.2% in the 4 weeks which is...
Nov 19, 2018 | News, Retailing
Shoppers are being charged more for buying from smaller stores belonging to supermarkets than in larger sites owned by the same retailers, a BBC investigation has claimed. In one case, a trolley of groceries cost almost £10 more in a smaller shop than at the same...
Sep 13, 2018 | News, Retailing
The John Lewis Partnership, which owns Waitrose, has announced a 98.8% dip in half-year profits to £1.2m for the six months to 28th July. The partnership has said the pressure on gross margin has predominantly been from its commitment to maintain price...
