Archive of all Morrisons articles – Page 101

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    Price Survey - 13th October 2007

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Asda is the cheapest retailer for the second week running, after weeks of battling for the top spot with Morrisons. This week the retailer won The Grocer 33 price survey with a £38.39 basket, just creeping ahead of rival Morrisons' £38.85 total....

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    Arla brings Danish Castello to Britain

    2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Arla Foods has brought its cheese brand Castello to the UK, supported by a £2.1m marketing push. The Danish cheese, which is being rolled out to Tesco, Morrisons and Asda this month, comes in Castello Blue, a blue-veined gourmet option...

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    Price Survey - 6th October 2007

    2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons and Asda have been vying for the top spot over the past few weeks. This week Asda came out on top - but it was Tesco that ran it closer this time. Asda won by the narrowest margin with a £38.07 basket - just 2p cheaper than Tesco's total....

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    Price Survey - 29th September 2007

    2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has once again disrupted Asda's plans of achieving a consistent run as cheapest retailer by providing this week's cheapest basket, but it was a close-fought contest with price-slashing Tesco. Morrisons' £40.29 basket contained the cheapest...

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    our man from drip Don Pumsey - 22nd September 2007

    2007-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Isuppose there must be some Morrisons bosses who can read and have a bank account. And of those there must be some who chose to keep their whippet-track winnings in Northern Rock . So, by extension, it can't be ruled out that, queuing this week...

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    Why food scares have got a whole lot scarier

    2007-09-08T00:00:00Z

    At around 8pm on Monday 13 August, Marc Bolland was called back to the office. The news was serious. There had been an E.coli outbreak in Scotland and two Morrisons stores were under suspicion. His team swiftly swung into action, firing off...

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    Morrisons appoints marketing director

    2007-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has confirmed its appointment of Prudential's UK marketing director Angus McIver to its board as group marketing and communications director - the company's first board-level marketing position. Although the retailer would not...

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    Price Survey - 8th September 2007

    2007-09-08T00:00:00Z

    It's a case of five weeks and not out for Asda, which has chalked up its fifth consecutive week as the cheapest retailer. Asda's £35.32 basket contained five of the cheapest items on the list, although it undercut Morrisons on the loose apples, Hula...

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    Eastbourne's shining example - Q&A and Availability

    2007-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Although this summer is likely to be remembered as a washout, stores located in English seaside resorts aren't letting it dampen their spirits, with Morrisons in Southend-on-Sea scooping the award in the previous issue and Waitrose on Eastbourne's...

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    Price Survey - 1st September 2007

    2007-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Despite a raft of price hikes, Asda has managed to extend its run of cheapest retailer to a fourth consecutive week. Asda's £59.10 basket total is a significant £1.56 less than the next-cheapest retailer Morrisons. Asda provided the lowest-priced...

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    Falside Road twice pulled up for breaches in food hygiene

    2007-08-25T00:00:00Z

    The investigation into the E.coli outbreak in Scotland is now focused on a single Morrisons store in Renfrewshire. The Outbreak Control Team initially investigated two Morrisons in Paisley as the potential source of the E.coli scare that has claimed...

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    E.coli stores warned before about food hygiene

    2007-08-20T08:47:00Z

    Morrisons was warned before about “poor food handling procedures” at two stores linked to an E.coli outbreak, it has emerged.Environmental health officers had drawn attention to more than 20 issues at the two supermarkets in Paisley, near...

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    Non food

    2007-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons's summer of rock bottom prices has humbled Tesco's boastful swingometer adverts in our weekly The Grocer 33 pricing survey but there is no doubt which retailer is offering the cheapest non food items. By slashing prices for 18 items on our...

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    Price Survey - 18th August 2007

    2007-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Asda has kept Morrisons at bay for a second week after slashing the price of its fresh vegetables. Asda's £42.09 basket contained six of the cheapest products on the survey including Dolmio Bolognese sauce and the 6-pack of kiwi fruit. Asda...

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    A far from unsuitable store - Q&A and Availability

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    In a week when none of the retailers could provide a full basket, the Morrisons branch in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, has landed our Top Store award for its first-class customer service and bounteous fresh produce selection. The other retailers were...

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    Price Survey - 11th August 2007

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    It has been a summer of discontent for Asda in The Grocer 33 with no wins on the customer service board and Morrisons controlling the pricing survey. But the long-running winner of our cheapest retailer award has returned, banishing Morrisons to...

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    The best buyers to grow the category

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Rising wheat prices have challenged cereal suppliers recently, and the star buyers in this month's Six of the Best have been singled out by companies for their help and co-operation in these tough times. Stuart Hargreaves, senior buyer at Morrisons,...

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    our man from drip Don Pumsey - 4th August 2007

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    What, you might ask, could be more tedious than traipsing round Asda or Morrisons in Gloucester? Simple. Wading round them. I had been planning a trip down to Philip Green's yacht in the Med, so sailing around Stratford-under-Avon didn't compare...

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    Price Survey - 4th August 2007

    2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

    It has been over a year since Morrisons enjoyed such a strong period of dominance as The Grocer 33's cheapest retailer and this week's list marks its fourth consecutive week of providing the lowest prices. Morrisons £50.50 basket was only 6p cheaper...

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    Six of the Best: cereals

    2007-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Star buyer: Stuart Hargreaves senior buyer, Morrisons Hargreaves joined Morrisons in 1983, working part-time two evenings a week after college. Between 1987 and 1989, he worked within operations, fresh and frozen food. In 1989 he became part of a...