Waitrose hands 200-store contract to Emprise

11 November 2009

Emprise Services has been awarded the contract to clean the entire Waitrose portfolio of 222 shops, as well as its warehouses and headquarters.

Over 1,300 Emprise staff will work across the contract. A range of cleaning services will be provided including daily, early morning and periodical cleaning.

Window-cleaning and janitorial services are also tied up in the package. Emprise staff will take responsibility for kitchen deep cleans and jet washing as well.

In addition to cleaning responsibilities which form the core of the contract, Emprise will also take over responsibility for management of on-site paper, plastic and cardboard recycling at the retailer’s Bracknell distribution centre.

The contract was awarded by Maintenance Management, the company responsible for procuring services on behalf of Waitrose.

Lesley Shearman divisional managing director at Emprise said: “We see this continued development of the contract as a credit to our staff and their work. Waitrose is our oldest contract, spanning more than 45 years.  We are delighted to have successfully sustained and enhanced our long term partnership with Waitrose through MML and look forward to further developing it in the future.”

Emprise won its first contract with Waitrose in 1961, when it was selected to clean its Dorking store. Since then Emprise has steadily developed its relationship with the retailer. It also holds a number of cleaning contracts at John Lewis department stores.