John 吊りくさび staff 株 £181m windfall

By Simon Duke for MailOnline
Updated: 09:06 BST, 7 March 2008

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John 吊りくさび 労働者s will 株 in the 蓄える／店 chain's biggest 特別手当 award after another year of 抱擁する 利益（をあげる）s.

Staff 株 the spoils at John 吊りくさび.

The 蓄える／店 chain's 69,000 従業員s will 分裂（する） a £181m windfall - an 普通の／平均（する） of £2,625 each. The 支払う／賃金-out is 同等（の） to ten weeks' salary, one week more than last year.

John 吊りくさび, which 含むs Waitrose supermarkets, is owned by its staff, who as partners receive a 削減（する） of the 利益（をあげる）s.

The 協定 is often credited with high levels of 顧客 service at John 吊りくさび and Waitrose, whose staff will also receive the 特別手当.

連合させるd sales grew 6.3% last year to £6.8bn, helping 利益（をあげる）s rise £60m to £380m. The growing appetite for 有機の and 地元で- sourced food 上げるd sales at the 187 Waitrose 蓄える／店s.

The 26 John 吊りくさび department 蓄える／店s and the company's website also saw a higher turnover.

The chain 転換d an astonishing 165,000 iPods last year with other 最高の，を越す-selling items 含むing Egyptian cotton pillowcases and duck feather pillows.

John 吊りくさび is the first major retailer to 明かす its 財政上の results for 2007 and is 推定する／予想するd to fare better than 競争相手s.

分析家s say 示すs & Spencer and Sainsbury's are likely put out much 女性 results に引き続いて a 洪水／多発 of 悲惨な 貿易（する）ing news from the high street in January.

The 特別手当s for John 吊りくさび staff could, however, be the last of that 規模 for a while.

Charlie Mayfield, the 会社／堅い's chairman, said 貿易（する）ing had taken a sudden 下降 at the start of February and would remain very challenging for the 残り／休憩（する） of the year and into 2009.

The 警告 is a 調印する that 世帯s are coming under 増加するing 財政上の 圧力 as food and energy costs rise.

The credit crunch has also put an end to the 時代 of cheap borrowing, meaning families have to 支払う／賃金 more to service their 負債s.

With 消費者 信用／信任 at 13-year lows, the 利益／興味 率 削減（する）s of December and February are 推定する／予想するd to 供給する little 慰安 in the short 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語.

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'I've never known a period of time when there's been such an unrelenting run of bad news from the 財政上の 部門,' 追加するd Mr Mayfield. 'It 普通は takes 12 months for 率 削減（する）s to 料金d through, but it's possible that they won't be as 効果的な as in the past.'

にもかかわらず the 下降, John 吊りくさび will open 11 department 蓄える／店s over the next five years, with 支店s in Cardiff and Liverpool planned for this year.

Waitrose is scheduled to open around ten 出口s 毎年 over the coming years and will soon open a 蓄える／店 in Dubai.