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22 Times Waitrose Went Way, Way Too Far In 2015

CHAMPAGNE FLUTES ARE NOT ESSENTIAL.

1. When many kinds of pâté were considered essential.

2. When they decided that students needed to take Champagne flutes to university.

Even essential for students! #waitroseessentials

Just drink all your booze out of mugs like normal people.

3. When profiteroles and fancy cheese were ~essential~.

4. When they put "Perfect for Valentine's Day" next to an ovulation test.

Waitrose Essentials pregnancy test and an ovulation test

5. And when their idea of summer fun was condoms and back pain relief.

:/

6. When Guinea Fowl was a thing that people needed to regularly buy.

7. And actual pheasant.

8. When artichoke hearts were a vital thing that all people need to own.

9. When they went full Gwyneth Paltrow and opened a damn juice bar.

MUST POINT OUT THE FAB JUICE BAR @WAITROSE HORSHAM,Full of wonderful ingredients,that mop Free Radicals.Lisa Top Job

10. When they deemed vermicelli nests and orzo essential to everday life.

11. When they sold a three bird Christmas roast wrap inside a cracker.

12. When this was deemed an item that people would need.

13. When they decided that Pinot Grigio was for breakfast.

RT londonmini1: Waitrose customers breakfast essentials! You Don't get this at Tesco! @tesco

I mean, it is.

14. When they sold reallllyyy fancy eggs.

15. When festive olives were a thing people needed.

16. When Heston Blumenthal invented the most ridiculously British drink ever.

17. When BABY AVOCADOS were essential.

18. And, when they decided that pineapple cottage cheese was ABSOLUTELY essential.

19. When they sold fancy ready meals in wooden boxes.

20. When they sold this.

21. When they decided we couldn't live without all of these condiments.

22. And, when they sold festive bleach.