THE JOHN LEWIS PARTNERSHIP

The John Lewis Partnership is an employee-owned company that operates John Lewis department stores, Waitrose supermarkets, and some other services. All 88,700 permanent employees are its partners who own 45 John Lewis shops across the U.K., 342 Waitrose supermarkets, an online and catalogue business, johnlewis.com, a production unit, and a farm. The business has annual gross sales of over 10 billion pounds. The John Lewis Partnership is one of a growing number of businesses with an employee-owned structure and is a member of the Employee Ownership Association, the not-for-profit membership body representing the sector. It is based in London, England.