Andrea Felsted, Columnist

Amazon Should Be Circling Britain’s Grocers

If it’s serious about cracking the U.K. market it will need more prey.

May 8, 2018 at 11:52 AM UTC

Andrea Felsted is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering consumer goods and the retail industry. Previously, she was a reporter for the Financial Times.

The future of British food?
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Britain’s supermarket industry is in upheaval. And the planet’s retail giant may yet make its mark.

Amazon.com Inc. tried to open talks to buy Waitrose last year, according to the Sunday Times. The John Lewis Partnership, which owns the grocer known for its posh clientele, denied that an approach had been made, while Amazon declined to comment.