page_title: Waitrose
section_title: Uniform
hierarchical_section_title: Waitrose / Corporate practices / Uniform
caption_attribution_description: English: Putney Exchange
context_page_description: Waitrose & Partners is a brand of British supermarkets, selling groceries as part of Britain's largest employee-owned retailer, the John Lewis Partnership. Its head offices are located in Bracknell and Victoria, England. Waitrose & Partners has 338 shops across the United Kingdom, including 65 "little Waitrose" convenience shops, and a 5.1% share of the market, making it the eighth-largest retailer of groceries in the UK. They also export products to 52 countries and have locations in the Middle East.
  Waitrose & Partners, usually referred to simply as "Waitrose", has been described by The Telegraph and The Guardian as having an "upmarket" reputation, although former managing director Mark Price suggested this is not the case when its prices are compared to those of rival Tesco.
  The company has a royal warrant to supply groceries, wine, and spirits to Queen Elizabeth II and, as of 1 January 2011, to Prince Charles.
context_section_description: Partners wear different uniforms depending on their departments. Managers are expected to wear a blazer with a white shirt with thin grey lines and either charcoal suit trousers or a charcoal skirt. Counter partners can wear either a plain white or a grey and white striped shirt under a black apron with 'Waitrose' in blue stitched on the front, with the option to wear a green tie, as well as either charcoal trousers or skirts and a grey skull cap with hair net (if long) and a snood (if facial hair is present) for hygiene reasons. Shopfloor partners also wear a white shirt but with thicker grey lines than the managers, and also wear a shorter apron than counter partners. They also wear either a charcoal skirt or trousers and have the option of a black fleece or gilet with 'Waitrose' branded on the front as well as a green tie, though they are not required to be worn. All partners are expected to wear a name tag if they have one.
  Throughout 2019 there were multiple trials of new uniforms tested out with the final designs being rolled out in 2020.
caption: A Waitrose customer services partner serving a customer during the Christmas period at Putney
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