Morrisons news and analysis – Page 103
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Well done Morrisons (but none too soon)
Sir; At a time when dairy farmers are facing rising fuel, feed and fertiliser costs, supermarket group Morrisons must be congratulated for increasing its milk buying prices and for telling processors to pass the extra 1p a litre (0.568p a pint)...
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Morrisons' milk goes local at no extra cost
Morrisons has announced plans to become the first major retailer to locally source all its own-label, standard fresh milk and sell it at no extra cost to shoppers.The supermarket this week unveiled a raft of new dairy supply chain...
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Sainsbury's swaps its bogofs for lower prices
Sainsbury's has regained the top spot in the retailer activity chart from Morrisons. Accounting for 26% of the space allocated to promotions by the top five retailers, Sainsbury's choice of mechanics marked a dramatic shift from bogofs to...
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Price Survey - 31st May 2008
Asda has wrested the cheapest retailer title back from Morrisons as milk and bananas bore sweeping price changes this week. Asda sparked the banana price war last week by reducing them from 77p to 72p. The rest of the big four followed suit, but on...
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Banana wars are back...
A new price war on bananas has erupted this week, sparking condemnation of the big four from suppliers and NGOs alike. Asda triggered the war on Wednesday when it cut the price of a kilo of bananas from 77p to 72p. Tesco and Morrisons followed suit...
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...as ASA slams Asda's 'unfair and 'misleading' campaign
The advertising watchdog has slammed Asda for a "misleading" and "unfair" campaign comparing its prices with rival supermarket Morrisons.As part of its ongoing 'Why Pay More?' campaign, Asda ran two national press ads comparing the price...
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Morrisons' Yorkshire rose - Q&A and Availability
Morrisons has surged to joint first position at the top of our customer service leader board with its third Top Store triumph in four weeks. Its Pontefract branch in West Yorkshire sealed the victory with helpful and polite floor staff and strong...
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Price Survey
Morrisons has scuppered Asda's plans to record a fourth week as cheapest retailer, but only 49p separated the pair and the contest was settled on just one key item.Morrisons made no price hikes or cuts that affected this week's list, but...
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Price Survey - 03 May 2008
Asda snatched the cheapest retailer title back from Morrisons as the price gap between them and the other retailers widened this week. Asda climbed to top spot with a £46.73 basket, £3.78 cheaper than the third most expensive retailer, Tesco,...
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Morrisons pulls off a hat-trick
Morrisons has clinched the Top Store award for a second week thanks to a faultless performance from its ambitious Dukinfield branch in Cheshire. While the other stores floundered with poor checkout service, spilt milk and shaky availability, the...
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Morrisons takes a swipe at pay fiddles
Morrisons is installing a new clocking-in swipe card system in a move that will cut administration costs and stop staff claiming pay for extra hours not worked. The new system, from Autotime Solutions, which cost £1m, will mean all 375...
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Price Survey - 26th April 2008
The title of cheapest retailer has been hard to hang on to over the past four weeks with each of the big four taking a turn. This week, it was Morrisons' moment in the sun. Its £43.41 basket was 56p cheaper than last week's winner Asda. But compared...
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Morrisons goes for the double - Q&A and Availablity
This week's Top Store is Morrisons in the West Lothian town of Livingston - for the second time in less than two years. Standards have not slipped at the 40,000 sq ft store since it last graced these pages in December 2006. It has triumphed thanks...
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Morrisons steals promo crown from Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's consistently leads the pack for featured space promotional activity in the weekly research conducted by Assosia for Promotrack. But occasionally, Morrisons likes to wear the crown and over the past three weeks it has upped...
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Price Survey - 12th April 2008
Sainsbury's has stormed up the chart to become cheapest retailer for the first time in 11 months. The retailer's triumph comes after a turbulent six weeks in which Asda, Tesco and Morrisons have each scooped the title two times. But recent basket...
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Retailers confuse with unclear origin labelling
Supermarkets too often confuse the consumer with unclear country-of-origin labelling, a new report has claimed.Morrisons minted lamb, Sainsbury's lamb roast and Waitrose's beef stifado ready meals were among lines deemed not to be...
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Shoppers switch over for quality - Q&A and Availability
Customers at Morrisons' Devizes branch in Wiltshire expect freshness and quality in a spotless environment, and staff have been rewarded for focusing on these areas with a Top Store award. Our shopper was impressed by how clean, tidy and...
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Price Survey - 29/03/08
Tesco has fought off Asda and Morrisons to become this week's cheapest retailer, with Sainsbury's coming a close second. Tesco undercut its nearest competitor on 13 items but such is the competitive nature of price cutting between the retailers that...
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Price Survey - 22nd March 2008
Despite hefty price cuts at Morrisons, Asda has returned after a three-week absence from the top spot to reclaim the title of cheapest retailer. Asda undercut Morrisons on 13 items, the most significant of which was Cathedral City Cheddar: £1...
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The Flying Dutchman plays British beef card
Sir Ken's imminent retirement and this week's much-anticipated results meant a story about Morrisons' decision to source all its fresh meat from British farmers was likely to be overshadowed. But industry pundits and farmers alike...