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The Independent
17-04-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Will Waitrose stores be open this Easter weekend? Here's everything you need to know
The four-day Easter weekend is finally here. Regardless of how you're spending it, if you'll be heading to your local supermarket for stocking up on food and drink – be it for Sunday roast essentials, last-minute chocolate eggs (Waitrose has launched some interesting options this year, including a chocolate croissant Easter egg) or replenishing the bread bin with hot cross buns for an Easter brunch – we'd recommend checking the Easter supermarket opening times. If you're picking up your Easter weekend essentials from Waitrose this year, it pays to know the timings before you make a visit, so we've rounded up everything you need to know about the supermarket's opening hours. But that's not all, as we've also hand-picked some of the best Waitrose offers on Easter groceries, including discounts on Easter eggs and how to get 25 per cent off bottles of wine. Keep reading for all this and more. Will Waitrose stores be open this Easter weekend? Waitrose Good Friday opening hours If you're shopping on Good Friday (18 April), Waitrose stores will be open from 8am until 8pm. However, Little Waitrose stores may be open for longer, with some local stores opening at 7am and closing at 10pm. Waitrose Saturday opening hours Most Waitrose stores will stick to their usual Saturday opening hours, but some stores will have slightly different opening hours than others, so it's worth double-checking the times of your local store online beforehand. Waitrose Easter Sunday opening hours While Waitrose stores will be closed on Easter Sunday, some Little Waitrose Shops will be open. The supermarket recommends using the store locator on its website to check the opening times before you visit. Waitrose Easter Monday opening hours On Easter Monday, most Waitrose shops will open at 8am and close at 6pm. That said, some little Waitrose stores will be open from 7am until 10pm. As ever, we'd recommend checking before you visit. Does Waitrose deliver on the Easter weekend? Yes, if you want to have your Easter groceries delivered to your door (or you want to order them online and then pick them up in-store), then you can book now until 19 April. Waitrose is offering some worthwhile deals on Easter groceries at the minute, from its apple and cinnamon hot cross bunettone (was £12, now £8, to a whole leg of lamb (was £40.70, now £27.13, If you're on the hunt for Easter egg deals, its toffee ribbon Easter egg (was £8, now £6.40, sounds even more tempting while it's 25 per cent off – it's made with Fairtrade sourced cocoa mass milk chocolate which is hand-decorated with toffee chips. But there's also a dark chocolate and orange version available (was £8, now £6.40, The Sam on toast chocolate (was £6, now £5, is sure to be a hit with little Easter egg hunters, while adults can crack into the supermarket's flat chocolate Easter eggs, which include this dark chocolate and nut florentine egg (was £12, now £10, Waitrose is serving up a great deal on alcohol drinks, too, which will see you save 25 per cent on six bottles or more priced at at least £6. For instance, you can celebrate with some fizz and save on this bottle of Veuve Clicquot yellow label brut champagne (was £48.50, now £36.37, Or, if you prefer a glass of white wine, you'll be able to save on a crisp glass of Torres viña sol ( Meanwhile, home mixologists can save £7 on Tanqueray gin (was £31, now £24,
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Waitrose convenience store's plan to sell booze 24/7 in posh London neighbourhood sparks noise fears
Plans to sell alcohol 24 hours a day at a Waitrose convenience shop have concerned council officers, who said the South London store could become a magnet for late-night revellers. Wandsworth Council's noise team claimed local residents could be disturbed if Little Waitrose, at the Shell petrol station on Queenstown Road, in Battersea, is allowed to extend the hours it sells alcohol. Shell UK has applied to sell booze 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at the shop, which would allow customers to buy alcohol in store and delivery drivers to collect orders for residents. The venue can currently sell booze from 6am until midnight on Sundays to Thursdays, and up to 2am on Fridays and Saturdays. The council's noise team objected to the plans, after raising concerns neighbours would be disturbed if the shop became one of the few in the borough able to sell alcohol around the clock. A letter from Robert Newby-Walker, Senior Environmental Services Officer, said: "Shops, stores and supermarkets selling alcohol can act as a magnet for people leaving other licensed premises to 'top up' their consumption. READ MORE: Secondary school places: London borough where children least likely to get first choice READ MORE: Police name Lewisham 'murder victim' as Eltham man appears in court "The particular client group seeking to buy alcohol for consumption off the premises in the early hours of the morning, therefore, differs from those seeking to buy other goods. Noise from revellers in the street, from people smoking outside premises on the public highway, or noises associated with comings and goings, where this can include third-party delivery riders as well as direct customers, cannot be controlled by the applicant nor by any other effective means other than by limiting the general hours in which premises can operate." But barrister Sarah Clover, representing the applicant, stressed the shop would not become a magnet for late-night revellers. She said the plans aimed to make life more convenient for passing drivers, at the council's licensing hearing on February 26. Ms Clover said: "This is all about insulating from loss of trade because people cannot get what they expect to get. People get confused when they are allowed to go in to buy some crisps and a packet of tea and some nappies or something, but they can't pick up a bottle of wine which is there… so they boycott that place and they go to somewhere else." She added the shop had no record of complaints, despite already having permission to stay open and sell non-alcoholic items 24 hours a day. The council's Licensing Committee will publish its decision on the plans in the coming days. Got a story? Email Stay up to date with London's most exciting events, newest restaurants and latest deals with our What's On newsletter, Going Out Out. You can sign up HERE .
