Archive of all Morrisons articles – Page 95

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    Cobra teams up with curry meal deals

    2009-02-21T00:00:00Z

    Cobra is trying to tap into the stay-at-home trend by encouraging supermarkets to cross promote its beer with Indian ready meals. The brand has linked up with Morrisons and has further activity planned with other retailers. Sales...

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    Top chefs line up for Morrisons’ charity recipe book

    2009-02-20T11:25:29.933Z

    Morrisons is selling a fundraising recipe book with contributions from a host of top chefs. Nineteen celebrity chefs, including Raymond Blanc and Rick Stein, have taken part in the project.

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    Tesco under fire for misleading labelling of chicken

    2009-02-14T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has been slammed for its "misleading" labelling of chicken following a consumer poll. More than 10,000 people voted in a Chicken Out! poll on whether labelling of standard own-label chickens sold in Tesco, Asda, Iceland, Morrisons and...

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    Chapati Man wins listing in Morrisons

    2009-02-14T00:00:00Z

    Festival caterer Chapati Man is making its retail debut with a national supply deal with Morrisons. The Indian spicy wrap business has been a mainstay at events such as Glas­tonbury and the British Grand Prix since 2007. Company...

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    New Netto chief aims to accelerate sales growth

    2009-02-07T00:00:00Z

    Charles Kay has replaced Richard Lancaster as MD at Netto, The Grocer can reveal.The former European trading director for AMS Sourcing, an international buying group with 11 members including Morrisons and Netto’s parent company Dansk, has...

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    Morrisons to adopt £6m stock system

    2009-02-07T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has signed a £6m deal for an automated voice-picking system.Following a three-month pilot at Morrisons’ frozen distribution centre in Corby, technology company Zetes will install automatic voice-activated identification computers...

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    Grocer 33: Shoppers fill four baskets

    2009-01-24T00:00:00Z

    A chatty checkout assistant, no out-of-stock items and plenty of tills open helped Morrisons' Banbury branch net our top store award this week. It was a close call, however, as four of the five retailers boasted no out of stocks

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    A run on hot cross buns

    2009-01-17T00:00:00Z

    Just three weeks on from Christmas, supermarkets are already reporting a run on hot cross buns.Current sales were almost double those last year, said Morrisons, while Tesco said sales were up 17.6% year-on-year. “Shoppers are indulging...

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    Honours for leading food industry figures

    2009-01-10T00:00:00Z

    David Jones, former deputy chairman of Morrisons, has been knighted for services to business and charity - heading a list of luminary figures in grocery recognised in the New Year Honours list.Sir David led fashion retailer Next for more...

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    Grocer 33: Morrisons has the last word on price

    2008-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has won the final pricing contest of 2008, making it two weeks in a row at the top. Asda was firmly shunted into second place by Morrisons' £53.09 basket, which was a full £1.87 cheaper than the usual champion of cheap's £54.96 offering...

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    Cable & Wireless connects Morrisons

    2008-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has signed a multi-million pound deal with Cable & Wireless to install a new telecoms and internet service across its 430 sites.The deal - believed to be worth more than £10m - will connect Morrisons sites including stores, petrol...

  • PRICES-13-DEC-08
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    Grocer 33: Morrisons is Christmas champion

    2008-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has proved victorious in the Christmas G33 survey, knocking Asda off last year’s top spot and proving to be the cheapest retailer for festive goods, reports Joanne Grew

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    Editor's Comment: Is Tesco's discounter range really a mistake when even Ocado is distancing itself from premium?

    2008-12-06T00:00:00Z

    In the week that Morrisons reported an 8% increase in like-for-like sales, Tesco's 2.2% growth - and the discounter range that has arguably brought it about - looks neither big nor clever. While Sir Terry and his team argue it has deliberately...

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    Morrisons gets 38 Co-op Group stores

    2008-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has become the first retailer to take on stores from The Co-operative Group following its purchase of Somerfield.Morrisons has snapped up 38 stores for £223m, it revealed this week, as it announced an 8.1% rise in like-for-like...

  • PRICES-06-DEC-08
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    Grocer 33: Asda ousts Tesco to take back its title

    2008-12-06T00:00:00Z

    In a week of fierce competition and pricing activity, Asda regained the cheapest retailer title by a narrow margin with a £51.21 basket that cost just 16p less than Morrisons. The retailer provided 22 of the cheapest or joint-cheapest items and made...

  • STORE-FACTS-06-DEC-08
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    Grocer 33: Exceptional staff win it for Morrisons

    2008-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Two stores boasted 100% availability this week, but Morrisons in Denton pipped Asda in Gateshead to the post thanks to exemplary customer service. No fewer than four members of staff helped our shopper locate his items in this clean and...

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    Other Movers 29/11/08

    2008-11-29T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons trading director Andrew Pleasance is to take up the new role of senior trading director for operations. Grant Eastwood moves from licensed trades to the new role of trading projects and change director, while Simon Harrison will become...

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    Editor's Comment: Is it really a rip-off to run products at sale prices for longer than the higher ones?

    2008-11-22T00:00:00Z

    It isn't the season to be jolly. That's next month. But already, the Christmas bargains are coming thick and fast. As well as 20% off on clothing at Marks & Spencer, this week saw buy one get TWO deals at Morrisons, for example. And while no-one...

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    Advertising: Morrisons' fresh tactics deliver sales

    2008-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons’ marketing strategy has evolved noticeably over the past year from one pushing a message primarily about freshness to one that also highlights price

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    English apples boosted by supermarket support

    2008-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's, Morrisons and the Co-op have all been praised for their support of English apples at the start of the 2008/09 season.The three retailers had all invested heavily in TV campaigns urging shoppers to buy English apples, according...