Royal cash for disease-hit farmers
Prince Charles donated £100,000 to farmers affected by disease outbreaks The Prince of Wales has made a donation to farmers affected by the foot-and-mouth outbreak and helped to raise more than half a...
View ArticleWaitrose toasts new year sales boost
Waitrose toasted bumper New Year sales Champagne and party food sales helped Waitrose to an ‘exceptional’ sales in the run up to New Year’s Eve. The supermarket, which has 288 shops across the country...
View ArticleDelia Smith axed from Waitrose ads in favour of ‘exciting’ Heston range
Delia Smith is known for her reliable and often economical cooking Supermarket chain Waitrose has dropped veteran TV chef Delia Smith from its adverts, but will keep on culinary experimenter Heston...
View ArticleMorrisons to stuff rivals with a £2.88 Christmas dinner
Christmas dinner: Morrison’s festive meal comes in at £2.88 a head, while Waitrose is £7.57 Supermarket Morrisons is aiming to stuff its rivals this year – with a family Christmas feast costing just...
View ArticleWaitrose customers worried supermarket is being turned into ‘soup kitchen’ by...
Some Waitrose patrons are concerned a free hot drink scheme is attracting the ‘wrong kind of customer’ (Picture: Stephanie Schaerer/File) Some Waitrose customers are concerned a loyalty card scheme...
View ArticleWoman in hospital after drinking coffee containing cleaning fluid at her...
The woman as advised to go to a specialist burns unit at The Royal Sussex County Hospital (Picture: PA) A woman ended up in a burns unit after she drank a free coffee at Waitrose. But not because it...
View ArticleOverheard in Waitrose: The Facebook page we’re more than a little obsessed with
Forget the Women Who Eat On Tubes Facebook page – this week it’s all about Overheard in Waitrose. It’s where the store’s workers and not-so-posh-shoppers (yes, apparently these exist despite little...
View ArticleThe bubblegum fruit: Bizarre berries that taste like sweets are back in vogue...
Taste sensation: Bubbleberries were popular in the 19th century and have a bubblegum flavour, says Waitrose (Picture: PA) Roald Dahl’s madcap sweet maker Willy Wonka amazes children by creating an...
View Article‘They are an abomination’: MasterChef judge William Sitwell launches scathing...
Hip to be square? William Sitwell wants only round plates (Picture: Oliver Lim) Imagine you’re a chef and you have the chance to impress food critic and MasterChef judge William Sitwell. You’re sure...
View ArticleThief with 101 convictions tells court he steals every day, court lets him go
Caldwell had been out of prison for less than a month when he stole the alcohol from Waitrose (Picture: Getty Images) A serial shoplifter has avoided jail for his 101st conviction – despite telling...
View ArticleAnya Hindmarch launches high fashion cereal boxes at Waitrose for early risers
We need more snakeskin effect cereal boxes in the world (Picture: Anya Hindmarch/Kellogg’s) Her Ebury handbag featuring Tony the Frosties tiger costs a cool £1,350 but now Anya Hindmarch has brought...
View ArticleMorrisons Christmas pudding voted this year’s best, ahead of Harrods,...
All the fruit (Picture: Morrisons) Doesn’t this look deliciously moist and ridiculously fruity? Once again proving that most expensive isn’t always best, Morrisons has claimed this year’s crown for...
View ArticleAvocado lovers try not to panic: An avocado shortage is coming
We don’t know what to tell you guys but hard times are on the way (Picture: Iliyan Yankov/Flickr) Avocado. If the middle classes of Britain had a national flag then it would probably have a big picture...
View ArticleArmageddon at Aldi: The busiest date for the Christmas food shop is revealed
Planning on doing your Christmas shop next Monday? Maybe think again (Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA) The supermarket shuts for one day at Christmas. ONE. DAY.Yet, we prepare like Armageddon’s coming. If...
View ArticleWaitrose cardholders told to buy a ‘treat’ if they want free café coffee
Cardholders will be asked to buy a ‘treat’ in order to be eligible for a free coffee or tea in the café (Picture: Supplied) Waitrose has decided to introduce stricter rules on a scheme that entitles...
View ArticleDoughnut and cheesecake chocolates are what’s been missing from your life
OMGG get them in our tummies asap! (Picture: Waitrose) *Exciting innovations in chocolates klaxon* If you’re looking for a new chocolatey sensation, then look no further. Waitrose have basically taken...
View ArticleWaitrose does the most Waitrose thing ever and starts selling pheasant eggs
Pheasant eggs. So stylish (Picture: Clarence Court) You’re not in Tesco any more, Toto. In news that makes Waitrose even more perfectly Waitrose than it already was, the store is now selling pheasant...
View Article10 of the laziest things sold in supermarkets
Are you a lazy shopper? (Picture: hxdyl) Supermarkets are weird places and – let’s face it – some shoppers are weird people. To illustrate, here are some of the strangest and laziest convenience foods...
View ArticleHow middle class is your shopping list?
Maybe you read the Overheard At Waitrose column and felt a little thrill that some of them could have come from you. Or maybe you’re overwhelmed with self-loathing every time you eat quinoa and you...
View ArticleWaitrose manager’s simple act of kindness left this stressed out mum in tears
Joanna Johnson and her baby boy Flynn (Picture: Facebook) Have you ever had one of those really, really cr*p days? Well Joanna Johnson was definitely having one of those on Monday. Her 16-month-old son...
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