date:Oct 25, 2013
Waitrose, the upmarket food group, will this week reach the milestone of opening its 300th branch in the UK.
The supermarkets latest shop opens in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, 109 years after Waite, Rose and Taylor opened the chains very first grocery shop in Acton, London, in 1904.
The 25,000sq ft Helensburgh shop, which opens today, Thursday 24 October employing 200 people, is the furthest yet from the site of the first Waitrose - a 430 mile drive from Acton.
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