Waitrose

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Can a Waitrose shopper’s gaze boost loose produce and cut plastic waste?
A supermarket is using eye-tracking technology to find what messaging encourages take-up of unpackaged fruit and veg

Zoe Wood

05, Apr, 2024 @1:00 PM

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UK food price inflation slows to 4.5% but many shoppers still struggling
Waitrose and Ocado win new shoppers while a quarter of households are feeling the squeeze

Sarah Butler

26, Mar, 2024 @8:00 AM

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Mushrooms swapped for tampons among bizarre UK supermarket substitutions
Which? survey finds a third of online supermarket shoppers have been given a substitution

Zoe Wood

16, Mar, 2024 @6:00 AM

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John Lewis bounces back to profit but no bonus for workers again
Chain says ‘plan is working’ after 2% rise in sales helps transforms £234m loss in 2023 into £56m profit

Sarah Butler

14, Mar, 2024 @8:04 AM

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John Lewis considering cutting 11,000 jobs after slashing redundancy terms
Exclusive: Latest turnaround plan could see thousands made redundant over five years after group halves its redundancy pay

Sarah Butler

27, Jan, 2024 @7:45 AM

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Getting a lift from my black swan event
Brief letters: Waitrose windfall | Lester v Luke | Darts disaster | Newspapers | A visit from Rishi

07, Jan, 2024 @4:31 PM

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Peas on toast trump smashed avocados as UK cost of living bites, says Waitrose
Britons return to comfort food like fish and chips, chicken kyiv and macaroni cheese as food prices rise at fastest rate since 1970s

Zoe Wood

07, Dec, 2023 @5:00 AM

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Upmarket UK retailers ditch Christmas pud for panettone
Selfridges hails Italian classic as ‘new undisputed champion of Christmas grub’ as demand soars

Rachel Hall

04, Dec, 2023 @3:36 PM

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Middle-class shoplifting: how self-service tills became a hotbed of crime
Shop thefts have more than doubled in the past three years, and the boss of M&S says the reduction of service plays a crucial part ...

21, Nov, 2023 @3:05 PM

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Premature death of 80m chickens raises concerns over UK’s fast-growing breeds
Welfare groups urge swap to slow-growing birds in face of record deaths last year

Jon Ungoed-Thomas

11, Nov, 2023 @2:00 PM

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Food retailers enlist celebrities as Christmas ad rivalry moves online
Marks & Spencer signs up Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, Waitrose hires Graham Norton and Rick Astley rolls in for Sainsbury’s as shops vie for digital influence

Sarah Butler

03, Nov, 2023 @12:09 AM

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‘Organised gangs’ are shoplifting to order in UK, John Lewis boss says
Groups of thieves are targeting high-value items such as bottles of spirits, warns the retail group chair Sharon White

Sarah Butler

24, Oct, 2023 @4:12 PM

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