Waitrose boss departs amid Channel 4 rumours

New boss Rob Collins is a 22-year veteran of the John Lewis Partnership

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Waitrose's managing director Mark Price has stepped down "to spend more time with his television", says the BBC's business editor Kamal Ahmed.

Price, who is 55, is already deputy chairman of the commercial public service broadcaster Channel 4. According to Ahmed, after nine years heading up Waitrose – and 33 with its parent company – the John Lewis Partnership, the former Waitrose MD now has his sights set on the job of chairman at Channel 4 when Lord Burns retires in January.

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