cashless waitrose

Waitrose has claimed a UK first by opening a completely cashless store in Sky’s new head office building in Osterley.

It is the first Waitrose to open on a workplace campus in almost 20 years and at 1,400 sq ft becomes the second-smallest store in its estate.

Waitrose met with groups of Sky employees to establish what they would like to see inthe new store. There is a focus on evening meals and food to go, including fresh sandwiches, wrapsand sushi, as well as a selection of fresh produce and ingredients, celebration cakes, freshlycut flowers and store cupboard staples.

The little Waitrose-branded shop is located insideSky’s new officebuilding - Sky Central - which will be home to more than 3,500 staff.

Sky employees are only able to pay by card or through their mobile devices at one of the fiveself-service checkouts in the store.

Waitrose opened its only other office-based store in 1998 - a 520 sq ft shop at British Airways’ Waterside headquarters in Harmondsworth.

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