Archive of all Morrisons articles – Page 105
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Morrisons bows to the inevitable
Morrisons is tiptoeing into the 21st century. The retailer with the famously rudimentary supply chain has announced a plan to shed its supplier-unfriendly image by combining the best of Safeway's and Morrisons' supply chain operations. "We've...
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Q&A with Henri Henriques manager of the week
How long have you worked for Morrisons? I'm a real old timer. I joined Safeway more than 35 years ago and have been a store manager for the past 24. In that time I have managed eight stores mainly within the M25 area and opened two, including the...
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Morrisons enters collaborative era
Morrisons aims to sweeten its relationship with suppliers by rolling out a tool designed to improve transparency and communication in the supply chain. Speaking at the IGD supply chain summit, senior trading director Martyn Jones said the...
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Price Survey
Morrisons has claimed the cheapest 33-item shopping basket for the third time since The Grocer 33's End of Year Report in June.The retailer, which is currently sporting promotional offers on six of the 33 items on our shopping list, rang...
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morrisons, swadlincote
Seeing the expectant crowd, parents telling children to be patient, journalists and photographers jostling for position, you might think you were at a Hollywood film premiere.
But the reason for the excited gathering in Swadlincote,… -
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Morrisons disposal completed
Morrisons has announced that the sale of six stores and a distribution centre to Waitrose has been completed. In July this year, Waitrose bought the stores at Eastbourne, Formby, Hexham, Lymington, Parkstone and Portswood, and a distribution...
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This week a year ago the winner was...
Morrisons' relatively compact 20,000 sq ft store in Warminster, Wiltshire won our award this time last year. Since then, manager John Volney has moved on to the company's much larger store in Weymouth, Dorset. The Weymouth deputy...
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Q&A with Hassi Singardia Manager of the Week
Was this store operating under a different banner recently? This used to be a Safeway store. I was already the manager here when Somerfield bought this store from Morrisons. We went through a conversion and refurbishment process a year...
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Morrisons bid rumours resurface
Rumours have resurfaced that private equity group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts could be planning to make a bid for Morrisons.In July this year shares in the supermarket group rose after reports suggested that a consortium of private equity...
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Supermarkets hailed for seafood progress
Just months after its protesters took to the roofs of Asda and Morrisons' stores, Greenpeace is hailing British supermarkets for leading a green seafood revolution - but wants further action. During Seafood Week next week, campaigners...
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Second opinion Following Morrisons' completion of the ex-Safeway conversion programme, will it realise its opportunities, asks Jack Sinclair
Investors were encouraged by last week's sales from Morrisons and the share price is now recovering.The transaction to acquire Safeway is finally paying dividends. The Morrisons business model is strong and unique. Applying it to the ex-Safeway...
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Morrisons gauges online opportunity
Morrisons has tested an interactive version of its weekly Best Buys leaflet, in what looks like a tentative step towards expansion of its internet presence.The electronic flyer, produced by online marketing technology company Activepoint...
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Brilliance at Bishopbriggs
The Bishopbriggs Morrisons on Kirkintilloch Road in Glasgow has won this week's Top Store award. Our mystery shopper there was impressed by the helpful and friendly staff. She noted that the managers made sure new checkouts were opened as soon...
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Austin lands logistics role at Morrisons
Morrisons has appointed Neal Austin as director oflogistics. He is set to start his role, which is a new one for the retailer, on 2 October, and will be reporting directly to David Hutchinson, Morrisons' manufacturing, warehouse and...
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Price Survey
Asda is the UK's cheapest supermarket for the third week in a row. In a tight race, Asda's basket price of £46.42 came in barely cheaper than Somerfield's total of £46.86. Tesco was third at £47.24, or 1.8% more than Asda, followed by Morrisons,...
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Q&A with Paul Chapman Manager of the Week
Have you have won this award before? Yes, I was the manager here when we won the award last June. We were trading as a Safeway back then, but the store has since been refitted and rebadged under the Morrisons brand. In fact, I think it is 12… -
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Price Survey
Asda is the UK's cheapest supermarket again this week at £38.26, while Tesco was once again in second place, this week with a basket price of £39.31, 2.7% higher than Asda. Sainsbury was third at £39.80, nudging Morrisons back to fourth place at...
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New season orange push
Outspan, the UK's leading importer of citrus fruit, has been celebrating its new season citrus with a promotional orange pack in all Morrisons stores. The new branded six-pack of oranges retails at £1.49 in Morrisons only and went on sale...
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this week a year ago The winner was...
The Waitrose store in Sandbach, Cheshire, won The Grocer 33 Top Store Award this time last year. At the time, manager Andy Woodcock had run the store for three years, spanning its ownership by first Safeway and then Waitrose.In October...
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Price Survey
Asda has regained the top spot this week, after temporarily losing its title to Morrisons. Asda had a basket price of £35.47, or £0.50 cheaper than Tesco, which came in second. Much of Asda's lead was due to a price drop on...