Waitrose

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.

Latest news and insight on Waitrose from Retail-Week.com

Analysis
Partnership update: White Company’s 24-hour pyjama delivery, Waitrose’s invisible delivery tags, and more
2025-12-02T07:00:00+00:00By Megan Robinson and Ellis Hawthorne
Welcome to Retail Week’s round-up of the latest innovative technology and supply chain tie-ups in retail.
News
Waitrose opens first ‘home for food lovers’ concept store
2025-11-09T09:39:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
Upmarket grocer Waitrose has opened its first ‘home for food lovers’ concept in Newbury, Berkshire.
News
Grocery giants make rates plea to chancellor in bid to tame inflation
2025-10-26T06:00:00+00:00By George MacDonald
Leading grocers have written to chancellor Rachel Reeves, setting out the case for excluding shops from the planned business rates surtax.

More on Waitrose

Chart of the Week

Chart: How festive recruitment numbers compare to last year

2025-10-20T10:32:00+01:00By George Arnett

Tesco leads the table of festive recruiters, but the change in John Lewis numbers shows how the retailer is focusing on stores this Christmas

News

Biggest festive retail recruiters revealed amid record-breaking job search figures

2025-10-15T00:01:00+01:00By George Arnett

The recruitment platform revealed that jobseeker searches for Christmas roles in the UK were up 28% year on year, the highest level it had seen since comparable data began in 2018.

John Lewis Partnership receives green light for Reading development
2025-10-09T11:00:00+01:00By Aoife Morgan
Waitrose boosts London network with multi-million pound investment
2025-10-03T06:25:00+01:00By Aoife Morgan
Chart: The customer service tasks that consumers most dread
2025-09-17T13:34:00+01:00By George Arnett
John Lewis chiefs look ahead to a very merry Christmas after painful first half
2025-09-11T14:54:00+01:00By George MacDonald

John Lewis focuses on positive momentum despite deepening losses
2025-09-11T06:23:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
John Lewis launches biggest-ever Christmas recruitment drive
2025-09-05T05:30:00+01:00By George MacDonald
John Lewis names former Tesco exec as new Waitrose boss
2025-09-02T15:50:00+01:00
'As Waitrose’s Bailey checks out, he leaves opportunity for his successor'
2025-08-28T15:06:00+01:00By George MacDonald

All Waitrose content from Retail-Week.com