Twig to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 months agoWaitrose only major supermarket with majority Tory customers, polls showwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down11
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkWaitrose only major supermarket with majority Tory customers, polls showwww.theguardian.comTwig to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareIcePee@lemmy.beru.colinkfedilinkarrow-up24·7 months agoit’s kind of ironic, Tories shopping at a store run on market socialist grounds: worker co-op.
minus-squareOrlandoDoom@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoWaitrose is a worker co-op? Like, a proper one?
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoIn a way - it’s part of the John Lewis group, in which all the staff are technically ‘Partners’ and the group is run in their behalf by a trust. I don’t really know how it works, but there’s info on it here (which I’ll say now, I haven’t read!): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_Partnership?wprov=sfla1
it’s kind of ironic, Tories shopping at a store run on market socialist grounds: worker co-op.
Waitrose is a worker co-op? Like, a proper one?
In a way - it’s part of the John Lewis group, in which all the staff are technically ‘Partners’ and the group is run in their behalf by a trust.
I don’t really know how it works, but there’s info on it here (which I’ll say now, I haven’t read!): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_Partnership?wprov=sfla1