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[edit] Stub
Removed stub - this article is clearly no longer a stub Humansdorpie 11:58, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Wimborne Branch Criticism
Surely the comments made here have breached the NPOV policy of Wikipedia. Should this section be deleted entierly due to the argument being only being about a single branch or be modified and become NPOV and be moved to a "Criticisms of Waitrose" section as the argument given by the user could apply to any supermarket and appears to single out Waitrose. --Wrh1973 19:46, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 'Price Commitment'
One user seems to be slightly fixated on the vagueness of Waitrose's stated 'price commitment', to the extent that it is mentioned in the introductory copy and later highlighted again in bold in the body text. The 'price commitment' is explained on their website[1] and, even if it is a trifle indistinct, its hardly the stuff of an encyclopedic content. - anon.
[edit] North/South Divide
The following sentence is a bit dubious:
"Given Waitrose's targetting of middle class/affluent areas, it is unsurprising that they do not have many stores in Cornwall (the UK's poorest area) or in the North of England (generally seen as less prosperous than in the south)."
While generally true, this doesn't really explain why they only have eleven stores in the entire North of England (with no stores at all in major English cities such as Manchester and Newcastle - come on, we're not all pie-eating plebs you know!) compared with 100-odd in the South East.
I was under the impression that Waitrose was a "local" South East firm, which until relatively recently was prevented from expanding its horizons through lack of funds. This is a more convincing explanation - after all, other "middle class" retailers (such as Sainsbury's) don't seem to have any problems operating in t'dark North.
220.157.83.87 13:39, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
I strongly disagree with the comment which is clearly untrue as some of the most prosperous parts of Britain are in places such as North Yorkshire and Cheshire both of which are 'oop north'. Should be deleted perhaps they never went north due to focus on South similar to another example of Morrisons being mainly northern based only until recent years. --Wrh1973 21:09, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- I've now removed the sentence. AdorableRuffian 00:34, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Picture of Chesham Waitrose
Couldnt we do with a better picture of a Waitrose store than the very low res of the Chesham branch which looks like it has been taken with a cheap VGA mobile phone camera and looks barely visible that it is a Waitrose. Surely a better picture will be good for this article? --Wrh1973 21:09, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
REPLY: Replaced picture of Chesham branch - still not perfect but better than the last one - took me two hours to drive down there.
[edit] Possible errors in article
Before I go any further it's possibly better that i state that i work for a Waitrose branch in a very wealthy area and we've always been a Waitrose so there's no legacy work methods in practice. The problem i have is that in the In Store subsection it states that cages aren't normally allowed on the shop floor however at my branch i always see them on the floor in other sections and use them myself nor have i ever been told that we are not allowe to and have also seen members of managment doing the same. Also speaking to a friend who works at another branch he states this is also the case at his branch aswell. I'm not sure if these 2 branches are just exceptions but i think that that particular statment should be removed unless someone can get proof that this is actually company policy and not just that of a particular branch. TheEnlightened 22:34, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
I also work for waitrose at 209 and i agree with you we are allowed cages on the shop floor ThunderGold
I'm at 192, no cages are allowed on the shopfloor during opening except in extreme circumstances. Might be a per-store thing. 84.13.191.192 21:44, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm also at 192 and there are cages out all the time, especially in the cold food section. I was never trained not to bring them out...
Mystery shopper states no more than two cages per aisle and they must be attended (i.e. someone working on them). They must not block fixtures at any time, so are usually at the ends of the aisle. To be honest most of the information in this part is irrelevant, as different shops are filled at different times. I am minded to delete it, like I deleted the role of duty managers and Quick Check.
The thing about Ocado is rubbish, we don't even stock their bags, do they even exist? ThunderGold 20:59, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
No, we don't. Ocado do have carrier bags, and I recall a letter in the Chronicle (internal WR publication for non-employees) stating that people have asked for Ocado bags. So... 84.13.210.8 20:04, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
