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Waitrose Waitrose is planning to set up a new 21,000 sq ft supermarket at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight by 2010, with the creation of 160 jobs. 18-Feb-2008 Waitrose is said to be considering plans to invest £800m opening up to 50 new supermarkets over the next five years. 24-Sep-2007 Waitrose is looking to increase sales at its 183 supermarkets from £3.7bn to £8bn by 2017, prompting speculation that it could launch a new chain of convenience stores. 30-Apr-2007 Waitrose is to acquire six stores in Eastbourne, Formby, Hexham, Lymington, Poole and Southampton, as well as a non-operational distribution site at Aylesford in Kent, from Morrisons for more than £80m. 18-Jul-2006 Waitrose is looking to open further supermarkets in Scotland, having just acquired its first two stores in Edinburgh from Somerfield. 13-Mar-2006 Waitrose is planning to expand its chain of supermarkets from 173 to 250 over the next ten years. 14-Dec-2005 Waitrose is to acquire five additional stores from Morrisons, including sites in Durham, East Grinstead, Lewes, London and Wilmslow. 12-Aug-2005 Waitrose has submitted plans to Stockport council to build a supermarket in Cheadle Hulme, with the creation of 200 jobs. 10-Aug-2005 Waitrose, the food retailer, is planning to open six stores this year, while 74 will be refurbished and six extended. 14-Mar-2005 Waitrose is recruiting 50 staff for a new store due to open in Newmarket in October, while 200 staff will transfer from its existing site. 14-Jun-2004 Waitrose is to set up a 210,000 sq ft distribution centre at Bardon in Leicestershire by April 2005, which will be operated by Hays Logistics. 10-May-2004 Morrisons is to sell 19 stores to Waitrose, including 18 Safeway stores and a Morrisons store in Southport. 26-Mar-2004 Waitrose has awarded a £5m contract to Moss Construction to build a supermarket in Droitwich by March 2005. 11-Feb-2004 Waitrose is forming a partnership with Expat Shopping to sell Waitrose-branded products in Expat's shops in continental Europe. 01-Dec-2003 Waitrose is linking up with a consortium of eight Cornish farmers to build a £25m supermarket offering local produce near Penryn, and similar projects could be launched throughout the country. 14-Jul-2003 Waitrose is to spend £130m refurbishing and extending its chain of supermarkets, including a new corporate identity, new checkout systems and the opening of about nine new stores next year. 16-Jun-2003 Whitbread is in talks with the John Lewis Partnership about the possibility of opening Costa coffee shops in Waitrose supermarkets. 16-May-2003 Waitrose is seeking a suitable site in the north for a third regional distribution centre, and four new stores will open in Romsey, Portishead, Belgravia and Mill Hill this year. 10-Mar-2003 Waitrose is recruiting 200 staff for a new store due to open at Portishead marina near Bristol in July. 20-Jan-2003 Waitrose is looking for suitable supermarket sites in Wales, Cheshire and the south west, and will extend its distribution network further north with its first store in Wrexham in 2004. 08-May-2002 Waitrose has announced plans to build a multi-million pound supermarket on the current Oak Hill site of a car dealership site in Wolverhampton, with the creation of 200 jobs. 22-Jan-2002 Waitrose is planning to open at least five new supermarkets next year, including sites in Tonbridge, Cheltenham, Chandler's Ford, Canary Wharf and Belgravia. 22-Oct-2001 Waitrose and Last Mile Solutions are planning to expand their online grocery retailing joint venture around the country, and are seeking suitable sites for distribution centres in Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham. 19-Feb-2001 Waitrose is to run trials of an internet home shopping service later this year, starting with a limited number of branches. 10-Jul-2000 HSBC is opening a bank in a Waitrose store in Twyford, Berkshire, and more could follow if the trial is successful. 29-Mar-2000 Waitrose is linking up with WapWorld to become the first retailer to sell goods over WAP mobile phones. 06-Mar-2000 Waitrose is planning to launch an internet service business that will raise money for charity, and will also offer home delivery of organic produce. 09-Sep-1999 Waitrose is to step up its new store development programme this year, and the plans include sites in Okehampton and Staines. 16-Jan-1999 Waitrose is planning to open a new store in Malvern next year, with the creation of 250 jobs. 11-Dec-1998 Waitrose has announced plans for a 30,000 sq ft store in London's Marylebone High Street. 31-Oct-1998 Waitrose is planning to build a 25,000 sq ft supermarket in South Woodford, creating 220 jobs. 15-Oct-1998 Waitrose is launching home delivery at its Kingston store in London, and will roll-out the service to 17 other stores in the autumn. 17-Aug-1998 Waitrose is launching an internet-based grocery store that will deliver to people's offices. 06-Jul-1998 John Lewis is planning two new department stores, in Glasgow and Kent, and a new Waitrose in Salisbury, but increased investment in new stores could reduce the end-of-year bonus for employees. 12-Sep-1997 Waitrose own-label products have been launched in Japan through the Peacock chain. 16-Mar-1996 Waitrose plans to open 20-25 more stores on Sundays. 15-Sep-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008