Morrisons news and analysis – Page 101
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NewsGrocer 33: Morrisons is Christmas champion
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?
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
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...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda ousts Tesco to take back its title
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...
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NewsGrocer 33: Exceptional staff win it for Morrisons
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
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?
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
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
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...
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NewsGrocer 33: Morrisons takes Asda's pricing crown
Asda lost its cheapest retailer title to Morrisons this week and had to make do with sharing joint second place with Sainsbury's. It was bad news for Tesco, too, which fell two places to fourth. Morrisons, which undercut its nearest rivals by...
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NewsGrocer 33: Morrisons makes it two wins in a row
All the stores provided great customer service this week, but only Morrisons in Chippenham produced a full basket – clinching it our top store award. Our shopper was particularly impressed by an assistant who went to the back of the store to locate...
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NewsGrocer 33: Morrisons tastes victory in Eccles
In a week of tough competition, Morrisons in Eccles clinches this week’s Service award thanks to 100% availability, well-staffed checkouts and a tidy store
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Morrisons movie tracks apple from tree to till
Morrisons has produced a film that follows its apples from orchard to its shelves in a bid to highlight its credentials for offering UK-sourced fruit and vegetables.
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Sensors cut queuing times by 5%
Morrisons is introducing an intelligent queue management system to 300 of its stores in a bid to cut customer times at tills. The system uses infra-red sensors to count customers entering and then uses average shopping and serving times to calculate...
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NewsGrocer 33: Great service above border at Morrisons
Inverurie’s Morrisons grabbed the top store award this week with a winning combination of great service and 100% availability – despite being only the fourth best suited retailer to the area
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda reigns supreme once again
Asda has bounced back from last week’s £6 drubbing by Morrisons to retake the cheapest retailer title by a comfortable £2.02 margin
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Five Morrisons staff jailed for illegal papers
Five workers at a Surrey branch of Morrisons have been jailed and face deportation after being caught working illegally in the UK. The Indian nationals were arrested at the Oxted branch in a police crackdown on illegal immigration. Four men pleaded...
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NewsGrocer 33: Lamb chops give £6 lead to Morrisons
We all know competition is fierce, but it’s amazing what a lamb chop promo can do for a supermarket’s performance. With Asda’s price on the chops up 62.1%, after a one-week promotion, Morrisons walked away with the prize, with a gap of £6.25 compared with only 26p last week.
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Thrifty shoppers switch to pouting and pollack
Consumers switching to lower-cost fish and endorsement by celebrity chefs have helped double pollack and pouting sales. Morrisons reported this week that sales of pouting were up by more than 100% and pollack by 97%, albeit from a low base, while...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda beaten to first place by Morrisons
Asda has been knocked off the top spot for price for the first time in three weeks by Morrisons, which undercut its nearest rival by just 26p to scoop the title of cheapest retailer.