Morrisons - Latest News and Analysis – Page 95
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Morrisons praised for support of British lamb
Morrisons has come out best in a survey by the National Farmers' Union tracking retailers' support for chilled British lamb.As part of the union's Storewatch initiative, 50 farmers went to supermarkets in England and Wales to find out...
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Morrisons awaits decision over E.coli
Morrisons' wait to discover whether it will be prosecuted over the death of a woman in Scotland is drawing to a close after police filed their report on last summer's E.coli outbreak.Margaret Rowan, 66, from Paisley, died last August...
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Morrisons polishes up its act - Q&A and Availability
Tapping into the tastes of the local Polish community in the Crewe Toll district of Edinburgh has helped Morrisons scoop its first Top Store win for 19 weeks. Morrisons' 28,000 sq ft Ferry Road branch was warm and welcoming and provided a full...
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Price Survey - 1st March 2008
Asda's attempt to record a fourth week as cheapest retailer has been foiled by Morrisons as the price gap between the big four becomes narrower than ever. Only 62p separated Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco from each other after they matched...
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Festive sales enhance Morrisons' reputation
A stellar performance over Christmas has helped Morrisons improve its corporate reputation more than any other major retailer in the UK, research shows. It leapt 56 places to 17th in TNS Media Intelligence's latest monthly Presswatch...
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Celeb chef gets behind Glorious! chilled soups
Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White is putting his weight behind a new chilled range of soups from food and beverage company Conival. Launched under a new brand - Glorious! - the soups are rolling into 375 Morrisons stores from this month....
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In Brief: Red banana; Fury with Brussels; Dried fruit bought
Red banana Morrisons has launched a range of Central American red bananas in its stores nationwide. The red-skinned fruit are smaller and plumper than their yellow cousins, and have a sweet raspberry taste. Fury with Brussels The Fresh Produce...
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Price Survey - 23rd February 2008
Morrisons came close to hijacking Asda's plans of claiming a third week as cheapest retailer but it did not make quite enough price cuts. Morrisons' £44.14 basket was just 16p more expensive than Asda's, and low enough to knock Tesco back into third...
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No Catch in administration
Organic cod supplier No Catch has fallen into administration.The business, which has listings in Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and independent retailers, went into administration yesterday, with debts of £40m, according to the Financial...
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What the papers said - 16th February 2008
Morrisons has issued a writ against the OFT accusing it of libel, which could result in a multimillion pound claim for damages. According to the Daily Mail, Morrisons has claimed the competition watchdog wrongly named it last September in relation...
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Price Survey - 16th February 2008
Asda has kept a tight grip on the cheapest retailer title this week, but Tesco fought off stiff competition to clinch second place. The competition between Morrisons and Tesco remained fierce this week, with just 10p separating the totals compared...
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Stellar growth by Morrisons keeps up pressure on rivals
Morrisons' extraordinary growth spurt has accelerated, with TNS Worldpanel data showing its sales increased 11.3% in the 12 weeks to 27 January.The chain, which had registered growth of 9.3% in the 12 weeks to 30 December, has also...
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Price Survey - 9th February 2008
Morrisons' reign as Britain's cheapest retailer didn't last long. Asda reclaimed its crown this week with a £44.13 basket, while Sainsbury's leapfrogged Tesco and Morrisons to snatch second place. Despite doubling the price of minced beef, Asda...
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The reasons why Morrisons works
Morrisons' like-for-like sales growth has been more than twice that of its rivals and it's quickly gaining market share. So what is it doing right? The undisputed heavyweight food retail champion of the United Kingdom, by unanimous...
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Can Morrisons keep on wowing the City?
Who'd have predicted Morrisons would be hailed the darling of the City? Yet that is exactly what has happened following a stonking sales uplift over Christmas that left its rivals trailing in its wake. The analysts were fulsome in their...
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Price Survey - 2nd February 2008
Morrisons has toppled Asda from its perch to claim the title of UK's cheapest retailer for the first time since 29 September. The only serious challenger for the crown over recent months, Morrisons finally produced the cheapest basket at £43.82 -...
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Babyfood scare culprit sent to jail
A man has been jailed for three years for sparking a food safety alert at Morrisons stores last August, which resulted in hundreds of products being pulled from shelves.Shane Ward, 53, left a jar of babyfood contaminated with bleach in a...
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Morrisons expects retaliation after 'astonishing' Christmas
Morrisons is bracing itself for a fightback by its competitors following its "astonishing" performance over Christmas.Like-for-like sales for the six weeks to 6 January were up 9.5%, excluding fuel, eclipsing the 3.1% recorded by Tesco...
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Bumper Christmas trading at Morrisons
Morrisons has reported a 9.5% increase in like-for-like sales growth, excluding fuel, for the six weeks to 6 January, ahead of analyst expectations.Total sales rose 11.6% excluding fuel during the period, Morrisons said, boosted by the...
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Morrisons boosts Chinese wine offer
Morrisons is adding two Chinese wines to its shelves in time for the Chinese New Year celebrations at the beginning of February and ahead of the Olympic Games in Beijing later this year. The wines, part of the Silk Road range, are...