Morrisons news and analysis – Page 109

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    Morrisons on the road to multi-format future

    2007-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons will open its smallest new store in 20 years in the Glasgow suburb of Erskine later this year. At 24,800 sq ft - nearly half the size of the Bradford-based retailer's usual supermarket - it looks set to be the first of a new...

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    Rejected 31% profit margin 'proves the waterbed effect'

    2007-04-09T00:00:00Z

    A confectionery supplier has hit out at the supermarket chains after Morrisons rejected one of its products because the 31% profit margin it offered the retailer was considered too low.Roy Willett, MD of manufacturing wholesale...

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    Morrisons scores a hat-trick

    2007-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons' store in High Wycombe has scooped this week's Top Store award for the third time, thanks to excellent customer service and availability.Our shopper was impressed by the clean and tidy store that had no packing trolleys or...

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    Bolland gets fresh but has he gone far enough?

    2007-03-24T00:00:00Z

    It's been described as "Waitrose with value." Marc Bolland prefers to think of it as a "food specialist for everyone". So, after a six month-long review of Morrisons, what are we to make of the new CEO's vision? It was clearly an...

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    this week a year ago The winner was...

    2007-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons in Bredbury, Stockport, won the Top Store award this time last year. Store manager Chris Menon (left) put its success down to a strong focus on availability, stating it was a number one priority for shoppers. Since then Menon has moved...

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    Price Survey

    2007-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Asda is the UK's cheapest retailer for the fourth time in as many weeks, with a £41.18 basket, according to data from The Grocer 33 pricing survey. It was £2.20 cheaper than Tesco, which came in second-cheapest at £43.38. Morrisons and...

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    Price Survey

    2007-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Asda is the UK's cheapest retailer for the fourth time in as many weeks, with a £41.18 basket, according to data from The Grocer 33 pricing survey. It was £2.20 cheaper than Tesco, which came in second-cheapest at £43.38. Morrisons and...

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    Q&A with Ray Jeans Manager of the Week

    2007-03-10T00:00:00Z

    What is your greatest challenge and how do you tackle it? Our greatest challenge initially was bringing a new Asda store to a town that already has other supermarkets. There is a Sainsbury's and a Morrisons nearby and to begin with,...

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    Q&A with Ray Jeans Manager of the Week

    2007-03-10T00:00:00Z

    What is your greatest challenge and how do you tackle it? Our greatest challenge initially was bringing a new Asda store to a town that already has other supermarkets. There is a Sainsbury's and a Morrisons nearby and to begin with,...

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    Farmers hope stores will follow Tesco lead

    2007-03-10T00:00:00Z

    The dairy industry is holding its breath to see what happens following Tesco's decision to raise its retail milk prices this week.Farming leaders are hoping Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons and Somerfield will follow suit, after Tesco...

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    Farmers hope stores will follow Tesco lead

    2007-03-10T00:00:00Z

    The dairy industry is holding its breath to see what happens following Tesco's decision to raise its retail milk prices this week.Farming leaders are hoping Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons and Somerfield will follow suit, after Tesco...

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    this week a year ago The winner was...

    2007-03-03T00:00:00Z

    This time a year ago the Top Store award ­winner was Morrisons' store in Bridgwater, Somerset. Deputy manager Steve Pearson said the new store had been well received by customers.Pearson is now deputy manager of a store in...

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    "There are several independent chains that could quite easily float on AIM - if they wanted to, of course"

    2007-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Who can stand in the way of the supermarkets - Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons? It would be easy to conclude, from media coverage, that the food industry has polarised into a battle between a handful of giants, and a couple of piddly...

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    Whole Foods unveils slogan for UK assault

    2007-02-17T00:00:00Z

    We've had Every Little Helps, Try Something New Today, More For You For Less, and More Reasons To Shop At Morrisons.And now we have It's Not Something We Do, It's Everything We Do - the new slogan adopted by Whole Foods Market, the US...

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    Birds stay on shopping lists despite avian flu

    2007-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Shoppers are showing little sign that they have been scared off by bird flu with only Tesco and Somerfield reporting a dip in poultry sales. Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Asda all said sales were unaffected. Sainsbury's added that calls to...

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    Oakes takes MD role at Dairy Crest

    2007-01-26T08:11:00Z

    Martin Oakes has been named as managing director of the dairies division at Dairy Crest.Oakes joins Dairy Crest from Somerfield where he was group logistics and IT director for six years. He has previously worked at Safeway, Wincanton and...

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    Price Survey

    2007-01-20T00:00:00Z

    This week Morrisons and Sainsbury's followed in Asda's footsteps by raising the price of Jacob's Creek Chardonnay by 33%. Last week Asda hiked the wine's price by the same amount, signalling the end of Christmas alcohol promotions. This...

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    Morrisons smartens up its healthier eating act

    2007-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons is pumping £1m into its first ever healthy-eating campaign. National and regional press ads for the Eating Smarter campaign, which went live this week, were developed by Delaney Lund Knox Warren - the agency hired last summer by...

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    Morrisons in lead with price-cutting

    2007-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda have been making all the big noise about new year price reductions - but Morrisons has quietly been beating them all, according to exclusive data from The Grocer Price Index.  Morrisons has cut the cost of our...

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    'A nice surprise' as Morrisons' sharp offering delivers goods

    2007-01-13T00:00:00Z

    It was a happy Christmas for Morrisons, Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury's as trading figures got the thumbs up from the City. Customer numbers and spend were up at Morrisons, said chief executive Marc Bolland as he announced like-for-like...