Editing Waitrose (section)

==Shops==
Traditionally, Waitrose branches were largely concentrated in the south-east of England and Greater London; even as recently as 2003, its northernmost English branch was in [[Newark-on-Trent]], [[Nottinghamshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andidas.com/academic/babm/RetailMarketing_WaitroseTraineeGuide_by_andidas.pdf|title=Waitrose MBA Trainee Guide: Key Management Decisions|date=March 2003|website=www.andidas.com|access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref> However, the company's expansion northwards and into Scotland since the mid-2000s has changed this significantly: the most northerly Waitrose shop is now located in [[Stirling]], which opened in January 2013. Waitrose opened its 300th shop in [[Helensburgh]] on the [[River Clyde]] on 23 October 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Waitrose Unveils Fifth Branch in Scotland|url=http://www.scotlandfoodanddrink.org/news/article-info/4178/waitrose-unveils-fifth-branch-in-scotland.aspx|work=Scotland Food And Drink|access-date=29 March 2013}}</ref>

Waitrose shops vary considerably in size. For example, the smallest branch, little Waitrose at [[London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross station, London]],<ref name="Waitrose opens its first station branch">{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Waitrose opens first stations branch |url=http://waitrose.pressarea.com/pressrelease/details/78/SHOPS%20&%20EXPANSION_14/3540 |publisher=Waitrose Media Centre |date=19 August 2014 |access-date=27 December 2015}}</ref> occupies only {{convert|2500|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of retail space.<ref name="Waitrose opens first train station shop in London's King's Cross">{{cite news|author=Tiffany Holland|url=http://www.retail-week.com/property/in-pictures-waitrose-opens-first-train-station-store-in-kings-cross/5063366.article|title=In pictures: Waitrose opens first train station shop in London's King's Cross|date=19 August 2014|newspaper=[[Retail Week]]|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 December 2015}}</ref>

Some Waitrose shops incorporate an in-house restaurant selling hot and cold food sourced in the main from the shop. The myWaitrose card, which customers can obtain online, offers free hot drinks from the store's self-service machines with a purchase of goods; this was withdrawn owing to the COVID-19 pandemic but as of February 2023 the coffee offer has returned.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60689273|title=Waitrose free coffee will have a trial return in some stores|work=BBC|date=10 March 2022 |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref><ref name=Grocer1>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/home/topics/environment/waitrose-to-end-free-hot-drinks-in-cafs-and-remove-disposable-takeaway-cups/565675.article|title=Waitrose to end free hot drinks in cafés and remove disposable takeaway cups|magazine=The Grocer|author=Marianne Calnan|date=10 April 2018}}</ref>

Internationally, Waitrose holds a licensing agreement with [[Spinneys]] of [[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates, which operate two purpose-built branches, of which the first opened in the [[Dubai Mall]] in October 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/consumerproducts-SP/idUSL3135496120080102 |title=Waitrose in Dubai deal to open first shops abroad |work=Reuters |date=31 December 2007 |access-date=25 February 2009}}</ref> In the United Arab Emirates, it is an official grocery supplier to the [[House of Maktoum|royal family]], the House of Maktoum.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gremaud |first=Rinny |title=All the World's a Mall |publisher=University of Alberta Press |year=2023 |isbn=9781772127126 |publication-date=26 September 2023 |pages=106–107 |language=English}}</ref> 

===Convenience shops and little Waitrose===
[[File:Waitrose, Lands Lane, Leeds (11th April 2011).jpg|thumb|right|A Waitrose convenience shop on Lands Lane in [[Leeds city centre]]]]
[[File:Waitrose Cheam London Borough of Sutton.JPG|thumb|A little Waitrose shop in [[Cheam]]]]
Announcing its foray into the convenience sector in July 2008,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/waitrose-to-open-convenience-stores-in-pursuit-of-16327bn-market-863051.html | location=London |work=[[The Independent]]| first=James | last=Thompson | title=Waitrose to open convenience shops in pursuit of £27bn market | date=9 July 2008}}</ref> Waitrose opened its first convenience shop in [[Nottingham]] in December of that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.supermarket.co.uk/news/2008/Dec/waitrose-first-convenience-store-opens-for-business.html |title=Waitrose First Convenience Shop Opens For Business |work=supermarket.co.uk |date=11 December 2008 |access-date=5 June 2011}}</ref> In September 2009, it was announced that a large scale rollout of the concept was planned, opening up to 300 shops in 5 to 10 years. The new arm will operate in a two-tier environment, with the majority of sites expected to trade from {{convert|2,500|to|3,000|sqft|m2|abbr=off}} and some trading from a larger {{convert|5,000|to|7,000|sqft|m2|abbr=off}} floor plate.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/sep/24/waitrose-convenience-stores-boots |title=Waitrose to open 300-strong network of convenience shops |date=24 September 2009 |access-date=5 June 2011 |location=London |work=The Guardian |first1=Julia |last1=Finch |first2=Graeme |last2=Wearden}}</ref> A trial of a 'little Waitrose' fascia on smaller floor plate shops may yet lead to brand differentiation of some or all of the convenience estate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retailgazette.co.uk/articles/34121-little-waitrose-opens-in-london |title=Little Waitrose opens in London |access-date=5 June 2011}}</ref>

[[Shell plc|Shell]] operates a series of Little Waitrose stores at selected petrol stations in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shell.co.uk/motorist/food-and-drink/little-waitrose.html |title=Little Waitrose & Partners |work=[[Shell plc|Shell]]|access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref>

In August 2024, Waitrose announced plans to open 100 new convenience shops over the next five years.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Waitrose to open 100 new convenience shops |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6yngde8v1o |access-date=2024-08-21 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Welcome Break===
In May 2009, Waitrose started a franchise deal with the motorway service station operator [[Welcome Break]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk/Display.aspx?MasterId=70e91273-187d-4bfb-ae62-8d2f87d6a9a2&NavigationId=553 |title=Waitrose agrees first franchise deal with Welcome Break |publisher=Waitrose Press Office |date=1 April 2009 |access-date=3 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815005448/http://www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk/Display.aspx?MasterId=70e91273-187d-4bfb-ae62-8d2f87d6a9a2&NavigationId=553 |archive-date=15 August 2009 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

===Closed / sold stores===
Waitrose closed four convenience shops and one supermarket in the UK in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|title= Five Waitrose stores to close after John Lewis issues warning on profits|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/27/john-lewis-to-close-five-waitrose-stores-after-warning-on-profits|author=Sarah Butler and agency|date=27 June 2018|access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref> This was followed by the announcement of twelve further store closures in 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Retail Gazette|title=440 jobs at risk as Waitrose announces 5 store closures|url=https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2019/03/440-jobs-at-risk-as-waitrose-announces-5-store-closures/|author=Elias Jahshan|date=7 March 2019|access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Retail Gazette|title=Waitrose to close 7 shops, risking 677 jobs|url=https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2019/07/waitrose-close-7-shops-risking-677-jobs/|author=Sahar Nazir|date=19 July 2019|access-date=26 September 2019}}</ref> In September 2020, a further four stores, Caldicot, Ipswich, Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, were announced as closing, the last having been sold to [[Tesco]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-54178008|title=Waitrose announces closure of four stores|date=16 September 2020|publisher=BBC|access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref>

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===2014===
* [[Dartford]], Kent

===2015===
* [[Littlehampton]], West Sussex. Re-located to Rustington

===2016===
* [[Leeds]] City Centre, West Yorkshire
* [[Tottenham Court Road]], London

===2017===
* [[Cardiff]] Queen Street
* [[Hertford]], Hertfordshire
* [[Huntingdon]], Cambridgeshire
* [[Leek, Staffordshire|Leek]], Staffordshire. Re-opened as Lidl
* [[Palmers Green]], London. Re-located to Winchmore Hill
* [[Staines-upon-Thames]], Surrey. Re-opened as M&S Foodhall

===2018===
* [[Spinningfields]], Manchester. Reopened as a Co-op
* [[Manchester Piccadilly station]]. Reopened as a Co-op
* [[Colmore Row]], Birmingham. Re-opened as Co-op 2019.
* [[Portman Square]], London
* [[Camden Town]], London

===Spring 2019===
* [[Torquay]]. Re-opened as Lidl June 2020.
* [[Teignmouth]]. Re-opened as Lidl January 2020.
* [[Blaby]], Leicestershire
* [[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan]]
* [[Ashbourne, Derbyshire]]

===Autumn 2019===
* [[Bromley]]
* [[Oadby]]
* [[Wollaton]]. Re-opened as Lidl
* [[Sandhurst, Berkshire|Sandhurst]]. Re-opened as Aldi
* [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire|Marlow]], Buckinghamshire. Re-opened as Lidl.
* [[Stevenage]]
* [[Waterside (building)|Waterside]] building ([[British Airways]] headquarters)

===Spring 2020===
* [[Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield|Four Oaks]]. Re-opened as Aldi.
* [[Helensburgh]]. Now a Morrisons
* [[Waterlooville]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://waitrosememorystore.org.uk/content/branches-3/branches-f-h/four-oaks-150/waterlooville-239-closure-announcement | title=Branch closures announcement | date=25 March 2020 }}</ref>

===Autumn 2020===

* [[Wolverhampton]]. Reopened as Tesco June 2021
* [[Shrewsbury]]. Now a [[Greggs]]
* [[Caldicot, Monmouthshire]]
* [[Ipswich]], Corn Exchange

===2022===
* [[Croydon]], London
* [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]], Tyne & Wear

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