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Morrisons news and analysis – Page 130
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Temptation is so sweet
It's all change in the retailer chart this week as Morrisons moves up two places to claim the top spot. Morrisons is particularly strong on both alcoholic and soft drinks with featured displays on multiple floor stacks throughout the store. ...
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Muscle for the local market
The decision to refer all the bids for Morrisons from supermarket groups to the Competition Commission because of concern over local competition has raised a few eyebrows. While few were surprised about the question mark over bids from the big...
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Inquiry set to go public
John Wood The leading figures in the UK supermarket sector could soon be putting their case at a public hearing by the Competition Commission panel looking into the bids for Safeway. Sir Derek Morris, chairman of the Competition Commission...
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Pork pushes at public's door
Ed Bedington Meat chiefs have teamed up with retailers to target one million households in a bid to boost sales of British pork. The Meat and Livestock Commission, along with Tesco, Sainsbury and, on a small scale, Morrisons, will be...
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When the Competition Commission last looked into the superma
This time, chairman Sir Derek Morris is acutely aware of the pressure for a fast result. On March 19, the secretary of state for trade and industry, Patricia Hewitt, set an August 12 deadline for the commission's report on the bids for Safeway by...
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Bogofs work for Princes
Asda continues at the top of the fascia chart this week with a wide variety of multibuy offers and price promotions. Sainsbury improves its position, moving up to number two and forcing Morrisons down by one place. Sainsbury also makes...
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Asda plays at leapfrog
In the retailer chart this week the top two have swapped positions, so Asda tops the chart and Morrisons is in second place. The shift continues Asda's increase in percentage points over the past couple of weeks. Positions three to six...
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Safeway opens up Vanilla Coke
Safeway has today exclusively started selling Vanilla Coke and Diet Coke one week ahead of other retailers.According to Safeway this is Coke’s biggest launch this year with some £5m of advertising support.The retailer said that the...
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Nestlé is hyperactive
The retailer chart remains the same as last week in terms of positioning, with Morrisons at the top of the chart. Asda, however, has closed the gap between them and stands less than one percentage point behind as opposed to five before. As last...
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Hewitt's order illogical'
Siân Harrington Secretary of state for trade and industry Patricia Hewitt's decision to refer Morrisons' bid for Safeway to the Competition Commission this week was called "illogical" by City analysts and "surprising" by the industry. ...
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Share price frustrates
Morrisons' share price remained virtually unchanged despite the supermarket group posting a substantial increase in turnover and profits, although it edged up 5p after the Competition Commission ruling on Wednesday. Executive chairman Sir Ken...
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An increased demand for goats milk has prompted a leading su
St Helen's Farm is providing the milk in whole and semi-skimmed format and has listings in Sainsbury and Safeway. The company has invested in new dairy systems and improved packaging technology which has allowed them to extend the milk's shelf...
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green light for safeway catastrophe
Sir Ken must be gutted. Nobody thought Morrisons' bid for Safeway would be among those referred to the Competition Commission. But, once again, the OFT has left us baffled by its decision-making prowess. Little wonder that many are calling its...
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Crisps are bulky and there is pressure on stocking, in the s
In terms of consumer non-availability Safeway, with 24% unavailable for non-promoted products and a massive 37.5% for promoted products, takes the trophy. Here it is worth re-emphasising that we use four regionally separated stores as our sample. In...
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Concern over DTI referral
The UK's leading grocery retailers have expressed concern over the government's decision to refer all bids for Safeway other than Philip Green's to the Competition Commission.Make sure of your copy of The Grocer this Saturday for a full...
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Morrisons profits jump
Morrisons has posted a 13.8% jump in full-year profit and that like-for-like sales in the five weeks to March 9 were ahead 7.6%. Pre-tax profit to February 2 rose to £277m from £243m last year on turnover that increased 9.4% to £4.3bn from...
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Easter offers on parade
Morrisons reasserts itself this week and takes the top spot in the retailer chart, standing five percentage points ahead of its nearest rival. Last week's top two, Asda and Safeway, have dropped down the charts to positions two and five...
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CSR in the DNA at M&S
Marks and Spencer has topped the first Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index. The 122 companies participating were ranked in four key impact areas environment, marketplace, workplace and community. Sainsbury, Safeway,...
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Why these results are crucial
All eyes will be on Morrisons next week as it unveils its first set of financial results since its bid for Safeway. Morrisons' annual results are out on Monday (March 17) and the company will be hoping to salvage its share price, which has...
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Should Morrisons prove successful with its bid for Safeway t
These are two of the insights from analysis undertaken by strategy consultancy Cognosis into the cultures of each of the retailers involved in the battle for Safeway. Richard Brown, managing partner of Cognosis, says: "We analysed their cultures to...