Waitrose UK Grocery Scraper

Scrape product listings from waitrose.com by search query. Returns structured data for every product found — including name, price, unit price, size, product ID, offer status, and direct product URL.

Features

• Search for any product by keyword (e.g. "beans", "free range eggs", "olive oil")
• Multiple queries in a single run
• Extracts item prices and per-unit pricing (handles both £/unit and pence/unit formats)
• Detects promotions and offer badges
• Captures Waitrose product IDs for direct API lookups
• Normalises size formats (e.g. "2.272litre" becomes "2.272 litre")
• Configurable result limit per query

Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
queries	string[]	Search queries and/or Waitrose product URLs (https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/...). A URL returns that exact product, with its barcode in gtin.	required
maxResultsPerQuery	integer	Max products per query (1–100)	20

Example input

{
    "queries": ["baked beans", "sourdough bread", "semi skimmed milk"],
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 10
}

Output

Each result in the dataset contains:

Field	Type	Description
store	string	Always "waitrose"
query	string	The search query that produced this result
name	string	Product name
productId	string	Waitrose product ID (from URL)
price	number	Current price in GBP
unitPrice	number	Price per unit (e.g. per kg, per litre)
unitPriceMeasure	string	Unit measure (e.g. "per kg", "per litre")
unitSize	string	Product size (e.g. "420 g", "2.272 litre")
onOffer	boolean	Whether the product is currently on promotion
offerDescription	string	Offer details if on promotion
imageUrl	string	Product image URL
productUrl	string	Direct link to product page on waitrose.com
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp

Example output

{
    "store": "waitrose",
    "query": "beans",
    "name": "Essential Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce",
    "productId": "000-545872-7689",
    "price": 1.90,
    "unitPrice": 1.13,
    "unitPriceMeasure": "per kg",
    "unitSize": "420 g",
    "onOffer": false,
    "offerDescription": null,
    "imageUrl": "https://ecom-su-static-prod.wtrecom.com/images/products/3/LN_545872_BP_3.jpg",
    "productUrl": "https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/essential-baked-beans-in-tomato-sauce/000-545872-7689",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-27T23:38:00.000Z"
}

Use cases

• Price monitoring — track Waitrose prices over time and detect drops
• Basket comparison — compare grocery costs across UK supermarkets
• Premium vs budget analysis — compare Waitrose own-brand (Essential, No.1, Duchy) against branded products
• Deal alerts — build notifications for promoted products
• Shopping apps — power product search and comparison features

Notes

• Waitrose uses CSS module class names with hashed suffixes (e.g. productPod___FSa31) — selectors use prefix matching to handle this
• No bot detection or login required
• CSS class hashes may change when Waitrose redeploys — if you notice missing data, please open an issue