Supermarket Waitrose is creating management and non-management roles, as well as food specialists in meat, cheese, fish and wines, to fill new 3,000 new roles.

Waitrose announced that it is to open 39 new shops this year with 12 full-sized supermarkets in the pipeline, including five new branches in the Channel Islands (which will open between February and April) and new shops in Stratford, Raynes Park, Wimbledon, Exeter, Marlow and Newton Mearns (Glasgow).

The remaining branches will be convenience shops in locations including Old Brompton and Palmers Green (both opening in January).

A Waitrose spokesperson told Recruiter that the jobs will be posted on jlpjobs.com [parent company John Lewis Partnership’s career site], while local press will also be alerted to how many vacancies will be created in local stores.

In some cases Waitrose will recruit using local press or through Job Centre Plus. The spokesperson also recommended that candidates predominantly go through jlpjobs.com because all jobs will be advertised there in the first instance.