Waitrose opens first Food, Fashion & Home store at Canary Wharf
Published: 08 September, 2011
Waitrose is re-opening its largest branch at Canary Wharf after a £15m investment that will see the flagship store expanded to 74,000 sq ft
The Canary Wharf branch was first opened in 2002 and this transformation is the supermarket’s largest-ever refurbishment. The shop will be the first to be branded ‘Waitrose Food, Fashion & Home’.
With the highest turnover of any Waitrose, the Food, Fashion & Home branch serves 80,000 customers a week, many of who commute to work at the Wharf. Canary Wharf as whole has a population of 90,000 daily workers - which is expected to increase to 120,000 over next two years.
Waitrose managing director Mark Price said: "This is our biggest ever investment in an existing branch, and we're excited about the changes we’ve made. The branch won awards when it was built nearly 10 years ago, and this transformation will underline its status as our flagship shop and as a major shopping destination in its own right. We're confident it will be an inspirational shopping experience for our customers, and we’re especially pleased that the refurbishment will allow us to bring another 150 Partners into our business."
