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Brexit Should Not Distract From Challenges Facing UK Retail Sector: Lord Price

The former head of UK retailer Waitrose, Lord Mark Price, has told the Checkout Conference that the ongoing Brexit negotiations are a "bit of a deflec...

Ocado Boss Tight Lipped On M&S Deal Talks

The boss of Ocado, the online supermarket and technology group, declined to comment on media reports that it is in talks with Marks & Spencer regar...

Waitrose & Partners Pledges To Phase Out Glitter

UK retailer Waitrose & Partners has announced it is to phase out the use of glitter in its own-label cards, wrap, crackers, tags, flowers and plant...

John Lewis Partnership Chairman Mayfield To Step Down

Britain's Waitrose supermarket owner John Lewis Partnership said Chairman Charlie Mayfield will step down in 2020, and it kicked off a formal sea...

Waitrose & Partners Launches 'While You're Away' Service

Waitrose & Partners has launched a new service that will see the retailer access customers' homes and fill their fridge while they are away. The...

Fresh The Good Food Market Wins IGD Small Store Of The Year Award

Independent Irish grocer Fresh The Good Food Market has been named the winner of the inaugural Small Store of the Year award at the IGD Awards in Lond...

Waitrose & Partners Unveils New Confectionery Range

UK retailer Waitrose & Partners has announced what it describes as its 'biggest ever' confectionery launch, with some 81 different recipes being us...

Waitrose To Launch UK's First Compostable Coffee Pods

British retailer Waitrose has announced that it will start selling private-label home-compostable coffee pods by December 2018. It will be the firs...