Case Study
Waitrose - unique approach to sourcing, based on long-standing relationships with supplying partners
Waitrose - unique approach to sourcing, based on long-standing relationships with supplying partners
Member case study: Waitrose The Responsible Efficient Production (REP) Index was launched in 2014 by the Waitrose Farming Partnership. The partnership brings together all of the retailer’s supplying farms for own-brand meat, egg, farmed fish and dairy products in order to share challenges and identify best practice. Responsible, efficient & transparent food production The farming partnership marks out Waitrose’s unique approach to sourcing, based on long-standing relationships with supplying partners and enhanced levels of transparency to build trust and improve quality. The REP Index was developed with academic partners at Aberystwyth University in response to the need to demonstrate responsible and sustainable agricultural practices for the production of safe and nutritious food. Consist