Waitrose is the food retail division of the John Lewis Partnership where it operates alongside – and increasingly in tandem – with John Lewis department stores. The partnership bought Waitrose in 1937. Waitrose has a reputation for an upmarket food offer with a strong focus on product quality and provenance. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Waitrose and the grocery sector.
Garden centre group Dobbies is transforming its foodhalls - and parting ways with grocery partner Waitrose - as it seeks to burnish its experiential retail credentials, Retail Week can reveal.
Waitrose has unveiled its new look Barnet store, after investing millions of pounds in “delivering an even better experience for customers”.
Grocery and department stores group John Lewis Partnership posted improved full-year sales and earnings, and restored the famous bonus as they press on with reinvigoration plans.
John Lewis and Waitrose staff have been awarded their first bonus since 2022 after the retail business posted a 5% rise in revenues.
John Lewis is awarding a bonus of 2% to staff alongside a £108m growth in pay.
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