Stephen Jones

💥 MEGA SCOOP 💥 @waitrose plans to cut more than 500 roles with the closure of its Enfield distribution centre, according to documents I've seen. More on my exclusive @TheGrocer thegrocer.co.uk/waitrose/waitr…

@RetailWeek @TheGrocer got there first, but good story thegrocer.co.uk/waitrose/waitr…

Exclusive: Waitrose to close warehouse putting 545 jobs at risk ift.tt/KzrTImf

BREAKING: John Lewis & Partners restructure puts jobs in jeopardy thegrocer.co.uk/waitrose/waitr…

🚨🚨 I'm set to publish a significant scoop on @waitrose at 1.30, keep an eye on @TheGrocer for more 🚨🚨

Greggs says it has "resolved" the IT issue that affected payments this morning, with the majority of stores set to reopen as usual today🥐 More details in @TheGrocer thegrocer.co.uk/technology-and…

@BryanRoberts72 Cheers. Loving the thread, you've got a beady eye

@spj1064 St. Albans.

Local Aldi has finally run out of patience with shoplifting

@BryanRoberts72 Interesting stuff and makes a lot of sense, which store is this from Bryan?

New gear in at JS

@HarryTaylr Huge congrats Harry 🍾

After ploughing a freelance furrow for the last twelve months, delighted to say I'll be joining the Times full-time on Monday as a news editor.

*Cough* "Madri" *cough* thegrocer.co.uk/marketing/estr…

🚨NEW🚨 Ex-Sainsbury's CEO Justin King has taken a stake in the influencer marketing platform Invyted. He joins Leon co-founder John Vincent who became an investor earlier this year Read my latest for @TheGrocer thegrocer.co.uk/people/justin-…

Workers at GXO two warehouses that supply Iceland stores in the south west of England are preparing to strike ahead of the Christmas period. thegrocer.co.uk/iceland/icelan…

My scoop this week on Booths ditching self service checkouts has been picked up far and wide. Again zero credit given to @TheGrocer, but always satisfying to see a good story fly thegrocer.co.uk/specialist-ret…

I would add a fourth option to this: a culture change behind the scenes under Simon Roberts, which encourages a more entrepreneurial mindset, risk taking and moving more quickly. It probably underpins, and contributes to all three

🚨NEW🚨 Planet Organic is set to close its Balham store after failing to agree a lease with Iceland. It's not clear whether Planet will look to replace the site. It was not among the sites originally earmarked for closure. More details in @TheGrocer thegrocer.co.uk/specialist-ret…

“Never mess with an Englishman’s tea” Packs of PG Tips Pure Tea Granules are selling for as much as £50 on eBay, just months after the brand said it was discontinuing the product. Great story from @BeesonOnBooze thegrocer.co.uk/hot-beverages/…

@danielcave_ @TheGrocer 🙌🙌🙌

@spj1064 @TheGrocer biggup the trade press!

My exclusive on Waitrose's new meal deal has been picked up by almost all of the national press with absolutely zero credit given to @TheGrocer. This happens a lot, so just sharing this as a reminder that we got there first

🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨 Waitrose is to launch its first ever lunch time meal deal, @TheGrocer has learned. 🥪 🍣 🛒 The food to go offer us due to hit stores by the end of August. 🥖 🍫 thegrocer.co.uk/waitrose/waitr…

Positive steps made by @waitrose to improve animal welfare in its European pork supply chain. Article by @spj1064. thegrocer.co.uk/waitrose/waitr…

🚨SCOOP🚨 Iceland Foods is to close its entire footprint of Swift convenience stores. “It didn’t work,” Iceland executive chairman Richard Walker told @TheGrocer. thegrocer.co.uk/iceland/icelan…