by peeping bernal »
20 Jun 2008 23:37
Dirk Gently If only the football club was run the way Waitrose is :
Unlike other major supermarkets, Waitrose isn't owned by shareholders and the City. Instead, as part of the John Lewis Partnership, it's owned by everyone who works for the Partnership. (That's why Waitrose staff are called 'partners'.) And every year they share the profits that would normally go to shareholders. As you would expect this produces an extraordinary high level of committment amongst those who work in our stores. A good proportion of our Partners have worked for Waitrose for many years - over 20 is not unusual. They're interested in what they do and they're knowledgeable about what they sell. And the friendliness and helpfulness that our customers so often remark upon isn't really surprising when you realise that the Partners you meet in your local Waitrose do, in effect, own the store.
Hopefully there will be a lessons given to the club as part of the deal in how to treat your staff and customers, all in all I think as long as the name is not in green on the kits it is good. A ground breaking deal as no one has managed to get money out of a supermarket before for a shirt deal as they feel they do not need to pay for this type of advertising, the floodgates will open now, Man Utd and Walmart , Spurs and Sainsburys, Liverpool and Lidl, Everton and Aldi, Chelsea and Selfridges food hall.