Our suppliers

Our Constitution states that the John Lewis Partnership's 'relationships with its suppliers must be based, as with its customers, on honesty, fairness, courtesy and promptness. It looks for a similar attitude throughout its supply chains. In particular, the Partnership expects its suppliers to obey the law and respect the well-being of their employees, their local communities and the environment'. In practice this means suppliers work with us not for us, and we strive to maintain long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with them.

Martin Jones, sheep farmer and Waitrose supplier

Martin Jones, sheep farmer and Waitrose supplier

The partnerships we have with suppliers from around the world help us to offer customers over 350,000 product lines in John Lewis, from fashion and furnishings to household goods, and around 18,000 high quality food products in Waitrose.

Working with our suppliers as partners is based on our principle of conducting all business relationships with integrity and courtesy and honouring scrupulously every business agreement. Through these relationships we aim to give customers confidence in where our products come from and how they are made, that they are of consistently high quality and that everyone in the supply chain is treated with honesty, fairness and respect.