UK: Waitrose reaches GBP5bn sales

By: just-food.com | 31 January 2011

UK grocery operator Waitrose said it surpassed annual sales of GBP5bn last week.

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UK grocery operator Waitrose said it surpassed annual sales of GBP5bn last week.

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