Waitrose to open three new stores with more planned for next year - see full list

Today, the supermarket concatenation opened a caller Little Waitrose store successful Hampton Hill, southwest London. This is the chain's archetypal caller Waitrose convenience store successful six years, and it's 47th overall

Waitrose is opening 3 caller convenience stores arsenic portion of a monolithic enlargement concern with Welcome Break and Shell.

Today, the supermarket chain opened a caller Little Waitrose store successful Hampton Hill, southwest London. This is the chain's archetypal caller Waitrose convenience store successful six years, and it's 47th overall.

The caller Hampton Hill store besides has a hatch to let transportation riders from Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat to marque collections much easily. This is the archetypal store with this diagnostic with the proceedings with the presumption of them becoming a cardinal diagnostic of Waitrose shops.

Through its concern with Welcome Break services, the concatenation plans to unfastened 2 much sites connected the A14 successful Spaldwick, Cambridgeshire, this twelvemonth and connected the M1 successful Rotherham, South Yorkshire, successful January. The upmarket concatenation has been successful concern with Welcome Break since 2009 and presently has Little Waitrose successful 27 of its motorway work areas.

The caller stores volition beryllium the archetypal the retailer has opened with Welcome Break successful eleven years. A 4th store is besides planned for adjacent year, though the determination has yet to beryllium confirmed. Waitrose is presently moving to grow its convenience store property done franchise sites astatine Welcome Break services and Shell forecourts. Waitrose presently supplies 100 Shell forecourts successful the UK.

James Bailey, Executive Director for Waitrose, said: "The agelong associated stereotypes of nutrient astatine forecourts and work stations are becoming a happening of the past - anticipation has moved connected and customers are rightfully demanding more. They privation large tasting, prime nutrient nary substance wherever they are.

"Through caller store openings and strategical partnerships we volition proceed to germinate our shops to get amended and better, whilst reaching caller locations that assistance bring Waitrose large quality, work and worth person to much customers.”

Adrian Grimes, Commercial Director for Welcome Break, added: "We’re delighted to beryllium opening Little Waitrose astatine our Spaldwick services connected the A14. This volition beryllium our archetypal Little Waitrose successful a forecourt situation and a fantastic summation to the section area. Customers volition present beryllium capable to halt disconnected connected their travel and prime from a large scope of prime Waitrose products. Our concern with Waitrose has been incredibly prosperous and we look guardant to opening much Little Waitrose stores successful the coming years crossed the Welcome Break network.”

Full database of caller Waitrose stores

• Hampton Hill, southwest London - unfastened today
• A14 successful Spaldwick, Cambridgeshire - to unfastened successful December
• M1 successful Rotherham, South Yorkshire - to unfastened successful January