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England’s football success fuels sales at Waitrose

Divisional sales excluding fuel were up 4.2% at Waitrose last week (to Saturday July 7) compared with the same week last year. The supermarket chain’s finance director Loraine Woodhouse said: “England’s football success helped drive champagne sales up 49% and sparkling wine was boosted 53% – the biggest week for fizz since Christmas …

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Summer arrives at Waitrose with a cherry on top!

Divisional sales excluding fuel at Waitrose were up 0.2% last week (to Saturday June 23) compared with the same week last year. The supermarket chain’s commercial director Rupert Thomas said: “The early part of the week faced tough comparatives as a result of hot weather this time last year. However, trade …

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Waitrose launches summer ad campaign

The latest advert from Waitrose aired on TV last week. The supermarket chain’s summer advertising campaign underlines that Waitrose is the only supermarket to insist that all its British fresh fruit and vegetable growers are LEAF marque certified. Produce identified with a LEAF Marque logo indicates it has been through …

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