EXCLUSIVEBRANDSOURCING RETAILER/WHOLESALER ...

Profile: Jim Pattison keeps its developments and progress mostly private. In March 2012,
Overwaitea Food Group agreed to buy all of the Zellers pharmacy business in British Columbia
from Hudson’s Bay (also in this database).
Procurement Contacts: The Overwatea Food Group. Tel: (604) 888-1213; (800) 242-9229 URL:
www.overwaitea.com; Buy-Low Foods. Tel: 604-888-1121 or (800) 565-3955. URL: www.buylowfoods.com
JOHN LEWIS PARTNERSHIP, THE
171 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5NN, UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 20-7592-6220
Fax: N/A
www.johnlewis.co.uk www.waitrose.com
Total Fiscal 2010 Group Sales: $11.6 Billion (£ 6.9 Billion) +3.5%; John Lewis Department Store
Sales: $4.6 Billion (£ 2.9 Billion) +2.8%; Waitrose Supermarket Sales: $7.1 Billion (£ 4.5 Billion)
+9%
Percentage of Sales in Own La bel/Exclusive Brands: N/A
Principal Business: The John Lewis Partnership oversees 29 John Lewis department stores (all full
line except a smaller scale John Lewis At Home outlet), 219 Waitrose supermarkets, and 4
Waitrose convenience stores in England, Scotland and Wales. The partnership also operates some
textile manufacturing facilities (Herbert Parkinson), some farming business (Leckford Estate), as
well as Greenbee, a direct service business for travel, leisure, and financial needs.
EB Identities: John Lewis, Waitrose, essential Waitrose, Seriously from Waitrose (desserts), Menu
From Waitrose (restaurant quality ready meals), By Waitrose, Duchy Originals (organic and freerange
foods)
EB skus: 2,000+ (E)
Profile: Despite the continued recession in the United Kingdom, the John Lewis Partnership has
sailed a smooth course. Waitrose’s operating profit shot upward by 25.1% to £ 268.4 million,
while the John Lewis department stores realized a 15% operating profit gain to £ 165.9 million.
The latter showed sales gains in fashion wear; but Waitrose big push came in March 2009 with the
launch of Essential Waitrose (copied from US-based Whole Foods’ 865 Everyday Value) a line of