Meaning of Waitrosey | Babel Free

Definitions

Characteristic of the upmarket Waitrose supermarket chain

UK, informal, rare

Examples

“Debit cards make you feel virtuous in a Waitrosey/Volvo kind of way, but you can't delay payment for 30 days, and, more important, you have no consumer protection.”

“There is no way that Tesco could justify such a massive hike. All prices at the big supermarkets are arbitrary and have little bearing on the actual intrinisc worth of any ingredient. They have a profit margin to maintain and I expect some bright spark suggested that grapeseed oil sounded a bit posh, a bit "Waitrosey", therefore the sort of product only rich people could afford, so let's whack the price up to make it seem a real luxury.”

“'Is my thatch not immaculate?' This is most obvious in west Suffolk, where the old wool-based opulence has been fortified by the wagonloads of Waitrosey weekenders.”

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