Waitrose

New market share figures show supermarket group Asda on the back foot as the UK food market polarises with discount chains Aldi and Lidl and upmarket grocer Waitrose sprinting ahead of the pack.Asda was the biggest loser from the...

MORRISONS is to embark on a major relaunch of its multi-billion pound own label range and has poached Arla Foods’ top marketer to spearhead the campaign.Danny Micklethwaite has left Leeds-based dairy group Arla to take on the newly created...

Discounters Aldi and Lidl and posh grocer Waitrose are powering ahead of their mid-market rivals.New sales data from Kantar Worldpanel for the most recent 12 weeks shows the so-called "hard discounters" chalking up sales growth of 15.4 per cent...

The grocery chain Waitrose is stepping up its online presence by opening a giant virtual store.The move means it will be able to supply more products direct to customers, sidestepping its delivery partner, Ocado.Traditionally, Waitrose products have been delivered...

Waitrose has plans for a new regional distribution centre (RDC) which will create up to 600 jobs and provide a platform for the chain’s future expansion within the North of England and Scotland.Subject to planning consent, Waitrose has reached...

Asda is set to open 168 stores in 2011, adding 1.8m sq ft of retail food space in, the largest single year of growth in its history. The additional space is a combination of planned organic growth and the...

Supermarket chain Waitrose will open its fourth store in Scotland at Newton Mearns, a small suburban town in East Renfrewshire, in May this year. In Scotland, Waitrose, part of the John Lewis Partnership, works with a wide range of...

UK's leading food retailer Waitrose will soon open five stores in Channel Islands (located between southern Great Britain and northern France).While three of these will be opened in Jersey, the other two will come up in Guernsey. The first...