Archive of all Morrisons articles – Page 104
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Farmers hope stores will follow Tesco lead
The dairy industry is holding its breath to see what happens following Tesco's decision to raise its retail milk prices this week.Farming leaders are hoping Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons and Somerfield will follow suit, after Tesco...
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Farmers hope stores will follow Tesco lead
The dairy industry is holding its breath to see what happens following Tesco's decision to raise its retail milk prices this week.Farming leaders are hoping Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons and Somerfield will follow suit, after Tesco...
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this week a year ago The winner was...
This time a year ago the Top Store award winner was Morrisons' store in Bridgwater, Somerset. Deputy manager Steve Pearson said the new store had been well received by customers.Pearson is now deputy manager of a store in...
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"There are several independent chains that could quite easily float on AIM - if they wanted to, of course"
Who can stand in the way of the supermarkets - Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons? It would be easy to conclude, from media coverage, that the food industry has polarised into a battle between a handful of giants, and a couple of piddly...
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Whole Foods unveils slogan for UK assault
We've had Every Little Helps, Try Something New Today, More For You For Less, and More Reasons To Shop At Morrisons.And now we have It's Not Something We Do, It's Everything We Do - the new slogan adopted by Whole Foods Market, the US...
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Birds stay on shopping lists despite avian flu
Shoppers are showing little sign that they have been scared off by bird flu with only Tesco and Somerfield reporting a dip in poultry sales. Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Asda all said sales were unaffected. Sainsbury's added that calls to...
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Oakes takes MD role at Dairy Crest
Martin Oakes has been named as managing director of the dairies division at Dairy Crest.Oakes joins Dairy Crest from Somerfield where he was group logistics and IT director for six years. He has previously worked at Safeway, Wincanton and...
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Price Survey
This week Morrisons and Sainsbury's followed in Asda's footsteps by raising the price of Jacob's Creek Chardonnay by 33%. Last week Asda hiked the wine's price by the same amount, signalling the end of Christmas alcohol promotions. This...
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Morrisons smartens up its healthier eating act
Morrisons is pumping £1m into its first ever healthy-eating campaign. National and regional press ads for the Eating Smarter campaign, which went live this week, were developed by Delaney Lund Knox Warren - the agency hired last summer by...
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Morrisons in lead with price-cutting
Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda have been making all the big noise about new year price reductions - but Morrisons has quietly been beating them all, according to exclusive data from The Grocer Price Index. Morrisons has cut the cost of our...
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'A nice surprise' as Morrisons' sharp offering delivers goods
It was a happy Christmas for Morrisons, Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury's as trading figures got the thumbs up from the City. Customer numbers and spend were up at Morrisons, said chief executive Marc Bolland as he announced like-for-like...
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Sacked fag break workers cry foul
Three former Morrisons workers sacked for taking a cigarette break are claiming unfair dismissal at an employment tribunal. The trio, employed as night shift workers at Morrisons' Inverurie store, were fired last October after being...
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Morrisons wraps in biodegradable
Morrisons has started packing some of its organic produce in biodegradable and compostable plastics film. It follows Sainsbury's decision to use green packaging for 500 lines including ready meals with the aim of saving 4,000 tonnes of...
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Pick a flavour any flavour
When Procter & Gamble launched a variant of Pringles for Morrisons late last year it was apparently attempting to tap into the tastes of the northern retailer's consumers. Packs depicted a rural scene of a farmer tilling the land against a...
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Customer Service
Neil McCarthy 12 August 2006. Morrisons' clean and well-merchandised Oldhham store provided all 33 items with sky-high service. Paul Chapman 2 September 2006. Tidy aisles and attentive staff helped Morrisons'...
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Glenrath ramps up free-range capacity
A Scottish egg producer has picked up the gauntlet thrown down by Somerfield and Morrisons' move to import free-range eggs. Peeblesshire-based Glenrath Farms has submitted plans to invest £8m in enough free-range birds and sheds to...
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World News - 16th December 2006
Safeway expands and refurbs. Pleasanton, California: Grocery chain Safeway is to spend $1.7bn on 25 new stores and the refurbishment of 275 existing stores in the next year. It has already refurbished 40% of its stores in its new...
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Morrisons' Melnyk set to go before Christmas
Marie Melnyk has resigned as managing director of Morrisons after taking medical advice. She will leave on 22 December after more than 30 years at the supermarket chain and will then consider her options for the future. The company...
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Greenpeace guns for beam trawling
Greenpeace ratcheted up the pressure on multiples to improve fish sourcing policies by "displaying" hundreds of dead fish and crabs at store entrances.Tesco, Asda and Morrisons in Oxford were targeted in two days of protest this week and...
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Q&A with Mike Shaw Manager of the Week
Tell us a little bit about Morrisons' Livingston store? The store was opened on 17 October last year so it's just over one year old. At 83,000 sq ft it's one of Morrisons' largest in Scotland and has the most up-to-date footprint. I am...