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Total sales excluding fuel for Waitrose & Partners were down 3.5% last week (to Saturday May 11), compared with a much warmer week last year. Ben Stimson, retail director of the supermarket chain, said: “The cooler weather drove sales of cold weather food and drinks, including hot drinks, soups, and …

Total sales excluding fuel were 20.2% higher at Waitrose & Partners last week (to Saturday April 20) than the same week last year – although “comparisons continue to be distorted by Easter falling several weeks later in 2019 compared to last year,” said the department store group’s customer director Martin …

Frozen food is well and truly back on the menu for 2019 according to Waitrose & Partners, with the supermarket chain reporting that searches for ‘Frozen Ready Meals’ on Waitrose.com are up 500% compared with last year. In response, the retailer has ‘reimagined the frozen meal to give it a …

New research from Waitrose & Partners has revealed that we are a nation of scratch cooks. The findings of a survey of research 1,000 adults conducted in April by the supermarket chain showed that over half of us (54%) cook from scratch at least four times a week. However, while …

Waitrose & Partners has launched Sekforde, billed as a range of the world’s first and only mixers created for specific spirits.    The supermarket chain said: ‘Building on the growing trend of premium mixers, Sekforde was started to fill the gap in premium mixers for specific spirits. Championing the unique …

Waitrose & Partners is funding a number of university fellowships to ‘boost new thinking’ on how to find, test and share solutions to tackle plastic pollution.   The Blue Charter Fellowships, run by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), will receive funding from the supermarket chain for 10 new fellowships …

Waitrose & Partners revealed today (Friday April 18) that it is stocking up on barbecue food ahead of the long weekend, as a mini heatwave of up to 24 degrees is predicted. The supermarket chain forecasts that sales of burgers will rise by 170% compared with last year, with sales …

Waitrose & Partners has reported that total sales excluding fuel were 7.2% higher last week (to Saturday April 13) than the same week last year, although it noted that comparisons continue to be distorted by the different fall of Easter compared with last year. The supermarket chain’s personnel director Jo …

A new gin tasting experience is available from Waitrose & Partners for shoppers to enjoy five different gins without leaving their homes. ‘Gin O’Clock’ is a two hour session led by one of the supermarket chain’s specialists, either hosted at home, or in hired accommodation, an office or event space. …

Waitrose & Partners is exclusively launching a new collection of luxury body and bath products from celebrated cake maker Fiona Cairns. Taking inspiration from her baking, Fiona’s range features floral designs and ingredients such as majestic rose, pink pepper and hints of spice, with undertones of amber and musk. The …