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Food retailers enlist celebrities as Christmas ad rivalry moves online

Marks & Spencer signs up Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, Waitrose hires Graham Norton and Rick Astley rolls in for Sainsbury’s as shops vie for digital influence

The Guardian - UK

Waitrose Christmas advert 2023 review: the house party of my dreams

Why is Graham Norton here? Who cares, everybody's having fun

Evening Standard

Wines that hit the sweet spot

Sugar covers a multitude of sins in wine, but used judiciously it can work wonders

The Guardian - UK

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‘Nowt wrong with it’: offal is back on high-end menus and in home cooking

Heart, tongue and cheek are making a comeback as diners get more adventurous and cost-conscious shoppers look for deals

The Guardian - UK

Best gluten free foods and products that don't compromise on taste

A new kind of flour power

Evening Standard

Best herbal teas to soothe and calm your anxiety

Sip away the stress

Evening Standard

‘Organised gangs’ are shoplifting to order in UK, John Lewis boss says

Groups of thieves are targeting high-value items such as bottles of spirits, warns the retail group chair Sharon White

The Guardian - UK

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Christmas shoppers to buy fewer and cheaper items this year as cost of living crisis persists

UK spending will be lower in real terms than last year as savings have been depleted and inflation remains high, say analysts

The Guardian - UK

Best party food platters for hosts with the most

Demonstrate your hosting prowess with some pre-made platters

Evening Standard

Coffee cremes, coins and selection boxes: chocolatiers revive classics in bid for bumper Christmas

Nostalgic treats are the name of the game for makers keen to repeat the high sales volume they enjoyed last December

The Guardian - UK

CBD gummies to soft drinks: UK warning casts cloud over growing industry

FSA’s surprise cut in ‘safe’ dose could hit firms financially but seems unlikely to dent demand

The Guardian - UK

Best turkeys for Christmas 2023 to make your dinner special

Christmas Day calls for bringing out the big birds

Evening Standard

UK grocery inflation slows again as butter price falls 16p in a year

Shoppers searching out deals as sunnier September lifts sales of ice-cream and burgers

The Guardian - UK

Waitrose in talks with Amazon over online grocery deal, says report

Supermarket said to be considering third-party deal after share of UK market falls

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Was John Lewis boss Sharon White too clever for the cruel retail world?

The ex-civil servant took some tough decisions at the retail chain, but hired ‘theory’ people when she needed to get to grips with the detail, say insiders

Evening Standard

Sainsbury’s now more expensive than Waitrose for non-loyalty scheme members, Which? claims

A Sainsbury’s spokesperson said that comparing prices without considering loyalty offers is “misleading”

Evening Standard

Where it went wrong for Sharon White at John Lewis

Is saving John Lewis the toughest job in retail?

Evening Standard

OPINION - John Lewis’s problems go far deeper than just Sharon White

John Lewis is a doughty symbol of London retail, but that does not guarantee it a bricks-and-mortar future. Gamages on Holborn traded in everything from toys to supplying the army with catapults during the First World War, but was an anachronism in swinging London by the Seventies, while Dickins &…

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The Guardian - UK

Dame Sharon White is right to signal her exit at John Lewis

Retail chief’s confused messaging has hinted at self-doubt and panic, even though the group is making reasonable progress

Evening Standard

OPINION - What’s the rudest thing you can do on a train in London? I think I know

First came the chicken. She needed to go to that butchers in Holland Park to get it, he said. No, no, Waitrose wouldn’t do. He was as adamant as an Old Testament prophet on that score. A Waitrose chicken won’t cut the mustard. Oh and it has to be cooked…

The Independent UK

John Lewis boss Dame Sharon White set to step down after five years

Dame Sharon White has told the partnership board to initiate the process to appoint a successor

The Guardian - UK

John Lewis boss Sharon White to step down

Chair of John Lewis Partnership will leave in February 2025 at end of her five-year term, company says

The Guardian - UK

How to get the best out of using a credit card

They are not for everyone but can reap rewards if handled in the right way

The Guardian - UK

John Lewis looks at sale and leaseback of 12 Waitrose supermarkets

Retail chain hopes to raise £150m to fund store updates and invest in online operations

Evening Standard

John Lewis to seek £150 million from sale of 12 Waitrose stores

A sale and leaseback allows the retailer to monetize parts of its valuable store estate

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