Waitrose sales increased by 5.3 percent in Great Britain over a 12-week period ending October 1, 2023 compared to the same time period in 2022. Waitrose has experienced an unprecedented growth in sales throughout the 2020 when coronavirus induced lockdowns caused an increase in grocery shopping. Waitrose saw an all-time high in sales growth by 13.2 percent during the 12 weeks ending on 29 November 2020.
Company profile
Waitrose & Partners is the food retail division of John Lewis Partnership. It has been a subsidiary of John Lewis since 1937. The Bracknell based company was founded in West London in 1904 and operated 329 stores in the United Kingdom in 2023. The company also operates an online store which experienced growth of 13 percent during 2020.
Market position
The company generated a revenue of over 6.7 billion pounds in the 2022/23 financial year. Revenue growth has slowed down in recent years compared to the early 2010s. As of August 2023, the company ranked 8th in its market with a share of 4.4 percent. Its grocery market share has been stable at around five percent for a number of years now.
Percentage change in sales at Waitrose in Great Britain compared to a year earlier from July 2015 to October 2023
12 weeks ending September 14, 2014 to 12 weeks ending October 1, 2023
Supplementary notes
* Data shows growth compared to the same period last year. Each period is for the 12 weeks ending on each given date.
Sales include expenditure through main store tills but exclude petrol and in-store concessions.
The source did not provide data for all time periods.
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Kantar Worldpanel. (October 10, 2023). Percentage change in sales at Waitrose in Great Britain compared to a year earlier from July 2015 to October 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/603429/waitrose-sales-percentage-change-great-britain-uk/
Kantar Worldpanel. "Percentage change in sales at Waitrose in Great Britain compared to a year earlier from July 2015 to October 2023." Chart. October 10, 2023. Statista. Accessed October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/603429/waitrose-sales-percentage-change-great-britain-uk/
Kantar Worldpanel. (2023). Percentage change in sales at Waitrose in Great Britain compared to a year earlier from July 2015 to October 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/603429/waitrose-sales-percentage-change-great-britain-uk/
Kantar Worldpanel. "Percentage Change in Sales at Waitrose in Great Britain Compared to a Year Earlier from July 2015 to October 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/603429/waitrose-sales-percentage-change-great-britain-uk/
Kantar Worldpanel, Percentage change in sales at Waitrose in Great Britain compared to a year earlier from July 2015 to October 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/603429/waitrose-sales-percentage-change-great-britain-uk/ (last visited October 31, 2024)
Percentage change in sales at Waitrose in Great Britain compared to a year earlier from July 2015 to October 2023 [Graph], Kantar Worldpanel, October 10, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/603429/waitrose-sales-percentage-change-great-britain-uk/