Waitrose.com has made a commitment to make this website accessible. This site is working towards See it Right accreditation from the RNIB.
The site is also working towards conformance to Double-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 1.0 (WVAG 1.0), including all Priority 1 and Priority 2 and some Priority 3 checkpoints as defined in the Guidelines.
Navigation
There is one main navigation menu and screen reader users can 'skip' these navigation links by using 'skipnav'.
Layout
Text is laid out using style sheets which conform to RNIB See it Right standards. Users can change the style sheets in their browsers to make viewing easier for their individual requirements. The document standard used is XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
Access keys
Waitrose.com website incorporates ACCESSKEY functionality. These keys can be used to navigate the site quickly and easily. The ACCESSKEY functionality used on this site is as follows:
- [1] - Go to content
- [2] - Go to main navigation
- [3] - Go to site and accessibility information navigation
IE 6,7
Simply hold down Alt, then press the corresponding number, release and then press return.
Netscape 8 / Mozilla
Simply hold down Alt, then press the corresponding number
Netscape 9 / Firefox 2
Simply hold down Shift + Alt, then press the corresponding number
Opera
Hold down Shift + Esc to enter 'access key' mode - a list of available accesskeys will then be displayed, with the access key in brackets, followed by the link title. Press the corresponding key to open the link. To close 'access key' mode without opening one of the links, press Shift + Esc again.
Safari
Simply hold down Ctrl, then press the corresponding number
Site map
There is a site map at the bottom of every page that can help you navigate around the site.
Further information
Supplementary information on these accessibility issues can be found at www.cast.org/bobby
and the Web Accessibility Initiative www.w3c.org/WAI
. Please note that clicking on the links or logos will open a new browser window.
Our print publications on tape
Our free print publications: Seasons, a quarterly seasonal food and drink magazine; Waitrose New, a monthly guide to the latest offers and products at Waitrose; and our monthly recipe cards are all available, free on tape from Talking Newspaper Enterprises, tel: 01435 862737.
PDFs
Wherever possible we have provided a HTML version of PDFs on this site, however if you would like to read a PDF document with a screen reader please follow this link to the Access Adobe website
.