All Waitrose & Partners articles – Page 102

  • Opinion

    A discounter’s market

    2008-05-29T16:43:39Z

    Shoppers, of course, have been watching the pennies this year. Yet, with the trend leaning towards staying in rather than going out to restaurants, the grocers have still achieved growth in sales of quality food.

  • Opinion

    The Retail Week – May 23, 2008

    2008-05-23T10:42:21Z

    Marks & Spencer’s decision to stock well-known brands such as Heinz Tomato Ketchup was good for a headline, but will it make much difference to the retailer’s food business?

  • News

    John Lewis sales slide

    2008-05-23T09:53:25Z

    John Lewis has suffered a fall in sales after a taxing week when home sales dwindled.

  • News

    John Lewis sales plummet

    2008-05-16T09:44:07Z

    Sales at John Lewis fell during the spring sunshine, while sales at Waitrose soared.

  • News

    Waitrose drops 'Quality Food' strapline

    2008-05-14T10:05:57Z

    Waitrose is to kick off its latest advertising this week with a campaign that brings an end to its seven-year-old slogan: “Quality Food, Honestly Priced”.

  • News

    John Lewis and Waitrose sales growth steady

    2008-05-09T08:32:14Z

    Department store group John Lewis and stablemate grocer Waitrose posted solid sales for the week to May 3.

  • News

    Ocado opens door to float with five-year Waitrose deal

    2008-05-08T16:07:46Z

    Ocado has agreed in principle a landmark five-year deal with Waitrose, paving the way for a potential flotation of the e-tailer.

  • News

    Waitrose to target market towns with smaller format

    2008-05-08T15:41:47Z

    Waitrose is to launch a market-town format next week as it considers setting up a convenience store chain.

  • Opinion

    The best of both worlds

    2008-05-05T18:12:50Z

    It seems we can never get enough small food shops and the news that Waitrose has joined the scramble for smaller format stores is a case in point.

  • News

    Waitrose to open smaller format stores

    2008-05-02T09:30:24Z

    Waitrose is to launch a major assault on the convenience market and could open at least 100 smaller format stores.

  • News

    John Lewis sales robust, as Waitrose shines

    2008-05-02T09:00:52Z

    Department store chain John Lewis posted a solid set of figures for the week to April 26 and stablemate supermarket chain Waitrose delivered a strong performance.

  • News

    Waitrose chief says food prices will fall

    2008-05-01T15:52:05Z

    Waitrose managing director Mark Price believes that the rise in food prices will be halted by the autumn.

  • News

    John Lewis sales power ahead

    2008-04-25T09:32:45Z

    John Lewis department stores registered a 7 per cent sales rise for the week, despite the unhelpful cold weather.

  • News

    John Lewis sales ‘defiant’

    2008-04-18T09:08:06Z

    John Lewis has reported a “defiant” week of trading, but remains cautious as it braces itself to come up against tough comparatives from last year.

  • News

    John Lewis sales rise but Waitrose struggles

    2008-04-11T09:05:30Z

    John Lewis delivered a solid sales performance in the week to April 5, but stablemate supermarket chain Waitrose’s weekly sales plummeted by more than 10 per cent.

  • News

    John Lewis like-for-likes swell at Easter

    2008-04-04T09:15:16Z

    John Lewis department stores achieved bumper sales lifts this Easter compared with last year.

  • News

    John Lewis sales recover

    2008-03-28T09:06:15Z

    John Lewis bounced back from recent tough trading to record a strong performance in the week before Easter and sister grocery chain Waitrose also fared well.

  • News

    John Lewis sales fall

    2008-03-20T08:34:09Z

    John Lewis has recorded another miserable performance as sales for the week to March 15 fell 1.3 per cent to 47.18 million.

  • News

    John Lewis sales fall

    2008-03-14T10:18:39Z

    John Lewis blamed unseasonable weather, Mother’s Day and televised sporting events for a 1.4 per cent fall in sales in the week to March 8.

  • James Thompson, News
    Opinion

    Price has big plans for Waitrose

    2008-03-07T11:47:00Z

    Waitrose managing director Mark Price was in London yesterday for parent John Lewis Partnership’s results.