Morrisons news and analysis – Page 107
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E.coli stores warned before about food hygiene
Morrisons was warned before about “poor food handling procedures” at two stores linked to an E.coli outbreak, it has emerged.Environmental health officers had drawn attention to more than 20 issues at the two supermarkets in Paisley, near...
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Price Survey - 18th August 2007
Asda has kept Morrisons at bay for a second week after slashing the price of its fresh vegetables. Asda's £42.09 basket contained six of the cheapest products on the survey including Dolmio Bolognese sauce and the 6-pack of kiwi fruit. Asda...
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A far from unsuitable store - Q&A and Availability
In a week when none of the retailers could provide a full basket, the Morrisons branch in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, has landed our Top Store award for its first-class customer service and bounteous fresh produce selection. The other retailers were...
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Price Survey - 11th August 2007
It has been a summer of discontent for Asda in The Grocer 33 with no wins on the customer service board and Morrisons controlling the pricing survey. But the long-running winner of our cheapest retailer award has returned, banishing Morrisons to...
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The best buyers to grow the category
Rising wheat prices have challenged cereal suppliers recently, and the star buyers in this month's Six of the Best have been singled out by companies for their help and co-operation in these tough times. Stuart Hargreaves, senior buyer at Morrisons,...
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our man from drip Don Pumsey - 4th August 2007
What, you might ask, could be more tedious than traipsing round Asda or Morrisons in Gloucester? Simple. Wading round them. I had been planning a trip down to Philip Green's yacht in the Med, so sailing around Stratford-under-Avon didn't compare...
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Price Survey - 4th August 2007
It has been over a year since Morrisons enjoyed such a strong period of dominance as The Grocer 33's cheapest retailer and this week's list marks its fourth consecutive week of providing the lowest prices. Morrisons £50.50 basket was only 6p cheaper...
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Six of the Best: cereals
Star buyer: Stuart Hargreaves senior buyer, Morrisons Hargreaves joined Morrisons in 1983, working part-time two evenings a week after college. Between 1987 and 1989, he worked within operations, fresh and frozen food. In 1989 he became part of a...
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Price Survey - 28th July 2007
Morrisons is celebrating its third week in a row at the top of The Grocer 33 price survey as rivals shied away from the usual deep price cuts. Its £42.91 basket was 34p cheaper than Tesco's - the key point of difference being its half-price Old El...
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Price Survey - 21st July 2007
Tesco's new swingometer advertisements proudly declare it has the cheapest prices on the high street, but this week's The Grocer 33 finds the retailer to be only the third-cheapest retailer behind Morrisons and Asda. Morrisons won the battle of the...
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How to be the best in town - Q&A and Availability
Our winning stores in The Grocer 33 have coped with the toughest of challenges lately, from 500 customers descending in one go (Morrisons Eccles) to shopper numbers doubling because floods closed other stores (Morrisons Rotherham). But how about...
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Milk output could rise 8% with new system
A new cattle-feeding system could improve milk output by 8%, according to a group of farming leaders and animal nutritionists.The Forum for Food Production has called on retail buyers from Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Waitrose to...
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Price Survey - 14th July 2007
It has been over two months since Morrisons provided the cheapest shopping basket, but its price cuts, especially on wine, have made the retailer this week's champions with a £42.23 basket. Morrisons' wine promotion was in the papers this week with...
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Morrisons defies the deluge - Q&A and Availability
The scenes caused by the floods across northern England last week were reminiscent of a Hollywood disaster film. But the heroic efforts of Morrisons' staff in Bramley, Rotherham, were very much reality and the team richly deserved this week's Top...
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Price Survey - 7th July 2007
After four weeks at the top, Asda has plummeted to third position in our weekly basket survey, losing out to Tesco and Morrisons. The multiple can blame its relegation partly on the end of its offer on red seedless grapes, which shot up in price...
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we work together
Cathy on GillianWe knew each another before doing this job through Safeway, where Gillian was the commercial director and I was on the HR side.We share the same vision for the charity - we want to be the conscience of the...
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Pickavance to be Morrisons' HR supremo
Morrisons has appointed Norman Pickavance to the role of group HR director. The position was created following chief executive Marc Bolland's extensive review of the business, which set out plans to create a team of eight senior...
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Morrisons calls on inquiry to challenge Tesco's dominance
Morrisons has told the Competition Commission it is wrong to focus on supermarket power at a local level - and has demanded it takes steps to check Tesco's national dominance.In its latest submission to the inquiry, Morrisons said it...
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In Brief: Fags are cheesy; Carbon roadmap; Morrisons milk
Fags are cheesy Eating dairy products can help people stop smoking, according to research published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research. Scientists found foods such as cheese or yoghurt made cigarette smoke taste much worse. Carbon roadmap