Safeway Limited is a British groceries brand,and former chain of supermarkets and convenience shops. The British Safeway was founded in 1962 by the American Safeway Inc.,before being sold to Argyll Foods in 1987. It was later listed on the London Stock Exchange. It was purchased by Morrisons in March 2004. Most of its 479 shops were rebranded as Morrisons,with others being sold. Safeway-branded shops disappeared from the United Kingdom on 24 November 2005.
Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited,trading as Morrisons,is the fifth largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom. As of 2021,the company had 497 supermarkets across England,Wales and Scotland,and one in Gibraltar. The company is headquartered in Bradford,England.
Sturminster Newton is a town and civil parish situated on the River Stour in the north of Dorset,England. The town is at the centre of the Blackmore Vale,a large dairy agriculture region around which the town's economy is built,and is known as 'the heart of the Blackmore vale'.
The John Lewis Partnership plc (JLP) is a British company that operates John Lewis &Partners department stores,Waitrose supermarkets,financial services and a build to rent operation. The public limited company is owned by a trust on behalf of all its employees,known as Partners,who share the responsibilities and rewards of ownership. John Lewis has around 74,000 employees as of 2024
Waitrose &Partners is a British supermarket chain,founded in 1904 as Waite,Rose &Taylor,later shortened to Waitrose. In 1937,it was acquired by the John Lewis Partnership,the UK's largest employee-owned business,which continues to operate the brand. The company's head offices are in Bracknell,Berkshire.
Aldi is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 12,000 stores in 18 countries. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946,when they took over their mother's store in Essen. The business was split into two separate groups in 1960,that later became Aldi Nord,headquartered in Essen,and Aldi Süd,headquartered in neighbouring Mülheim.
E.H.Booth &Co.,Limited,trading as Booths,is a chain of high-end supermarkets in Northern England. Most of its branches are in Lancashire,but there are also branches in Cheshire,Cumbria,North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. It has been described as the "Waitrose of the North" by sources such as The Daily Telegraph.
Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild,4th Baron Rothschild,,was a British peer,investment banker and member of the Rothschild banking family. Rothschild held important roles in business and British public life,and was active in charitable and philanthropic areas.
Ocado Group plc is a British business based in Hatfield,England,which licenses grocery technology. It also owns a 50% share in the UK grocery retail business Ocado.com. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Elizabeth Faith Currer Buchanan,CVO was formerly Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales.
John Lewis &Partners,commonly known as John Lewis,is a British chain of high-end department stores operating across the United Kingdom,with concessions in Ireland. It is part of the John Lewis Partnership,the UK's largest employee-owned business. The brand was established in 1929 by Spedan Lewis,son of the founder,John Lewis.
Sir Stuart Hampson is a British businessman. He was formerly chairman of the John Lewis Partnership. He was the fourth person to be appointed and held the position from 1993 to 2007.
Sir Charles William Dunstone is the British co-founder and former chairman of mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse,former chairman of multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company Dixons Carphone,and executive chairman of the TalkTalk Group.
Waitrose Duchy Organic is a brand of organic food sold in Waitrose stores in the United Kingdom. The brand is a partnership between Waitrose and Duchy Originals Limited,a company set up in 1990 by King Charles III when he was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall. The Duchy Originals company is named after the Duchy of Cornwall estates that are held in trust by the Duke of Cornwall,who often holds the title Prince of Wales.
King Charles III Charitable Fund (KCCF),formerly known as The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund,is a United Kingdom-based charity fund. It provides grants to charity organisations in the United Kingdom and internationally. Grantee organisations vary in focus but fall under the umbrella of one of the Fund's designated funding themes.
Countryside Partnerships plc,formerly Countryside Properties plc,is a UK housebuilding and urban regeneration company,operating mainly in London and the South East of England,but with a presence in the North West of England. Until 2022,it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
David Leonard Felwick CBE is a British businessman who was most notably the managing director of Waitrose from 1991 to 2002,and the Deputy Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership between 2002 and 2004.
Pippa Wicks is a British businesswoman,and the former executive director of John Lewis &Partners.
James Bailey is the executive director (CEO) of the UK's Waitrose supermarket chain.
