Last updated:
14 June 2013

features

Plight of the humble bees
Plight of the humble bees

John Lewis Partner Roy Hale explains the benefits of beekeeping

real lives

Community champion
Community champion

Liz Blake has developed close ties with Waitrose Farnham's community

hot product

Right on the honey
Right on the honey

The pick of bee products available to buy in John Lewis and Waitrose now

shop talk

JL Cambridge chefs' charity challenge
JL Cambridge chefs' charity challenge

Brasserie team supports local charity by hosting a cookery competition

At a glance

John Lewis's new sofa recycling service to customers is part of a wider scheme to make good use of unwanted furniture.

It supports the Furniture Reuse Network (FRN), which is working with John Lewis to provide low-cost furniture to those in need and also to help reduce waste.

Customers buying a new sofa from John Lewis can pay £29.97 for their old sofa to be taken away and reused or recycled by one of the FRN's 300 UK reuse organisations.

Also this week, Waitrose opens a new shop at the Welcome Break services at Membury East on the M4, and chefs from John Lewis Cambridge take part in a cookery challenge to raise money for a local charity.

Polling station
Where do you find culinary inspiration?
 
 "Cookbooks and magazines"
 
 
 "On the internet"
 
 
 "TV programmes"