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Morrisons news and analysis – Page 148
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Major supermarket chains rally behind new code for fair prac
Clive Beddall Six top multiples are responding to a plea from agriculture minister Nick Brown and introducing an industry code of best practice for doing business with farmers and small producers. Asda, Morrisons, Safeway, Sainsbury, Somerfield...
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SUSHI AT SAFEWAY
Safeway has launched a range of co-branded sushi ready meals with supplier Sakura. The initiative takes place in 31 stores and includes six ready meals, with two vegetarian options, and a Sakura Introduction Set. Prices range from £1.49 to £4.99....
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Milk price fixing' issue
UK multiples say they could face the wrath of government competition officials if they step in to help British dairy farmers by fixing the price of milk. Safeway and Waitrose say they would keep their prices stable in the wake of a demonstration in...
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Expansive Morrisons says it's fit for streetfighting
Morrisons has called on the Competition Commission to change the focus of its investigation and concentrate on liberalising the planning laws so the industry can be opened up to greater competition. Managing director John Dowd said the company was...
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RETURN FROM CUBA
A lager originally brewed by Bacardi in Cuba is returning to the UK market. Hatuey Beer is now brewed in the US and Puerto Rico and is being imported to the UK by the Cuban Beer Company. The brand has, in the past, been listed by Safeway and ...
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Marie Melnyk
Deputy md, Morrisons Melnyk began her career stacking shelves. In 1981 she became fresh produce buyer and was appointed produce director six years later. She became trading director in 1988 and in 1993 joined the main board with responsibility...
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Safeway looks east for new wines
In its efforts to provide more points of interest on its wine shelves, Safeway has looked east for its latest collection of new wines. These come from Georgia, the Ukraine and Rumania, which join styles the multiple already stocks from Bulgaria,...
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Perween Warsi MBE, DBA
S&A Foods The richest Asian woman in Britain, she started in her own kitchen supplying finger foods to the local takeaway. She won major contracts to supply chilled and frozen dishes to Asda and Safeway. Developing over the past 13 years, the...
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Directors sharpen their retailing skills
Safeway marketing director Roger Ramsden is to swap his day job to do a stint as manager of a flagship store. In all, he will spend five months gaining hands on experience of what it like to run a store, starting with a four week stint shadowing an...
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HARDING BACK AT THE PARTNERSHIP
Richard Harding is back at the helm as the new operations director of the BP/Safeway partnership. Harding has 12 years' experience at BP and was part of the launch team for the partnership back in 1996. It currently has 40 mini supermarket and...
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Safeway works to get premixes right
An over cautious approach to the emerging premixed spirits sector cost Safeway millions according to research it carried out with Bacardi-Martini. Like the other major multiples it took heed of public outrage over alcopops three years ago, curbed...
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SALVESEN DEPOT OPENS
Christian Salvesen has officially opened its £2.3m shared user produce depot in Evesham, Worcester. Among its customers are Asda, the Co-op, Fyffes, Marks and Spencer, Safeway, Somerfield, and Tesco. It has the capacity to handle more than a...
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Safeway launches a further attack on suppliers' purses
Exclusive Julian Hunt Safeway has come up with a new wheeze to squeeze huge sums of cash out of suppliers. At the end of last year the multiple ran into a storm of protest when it asked manufacturers to stump up £20m to support its 1,000 ...
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Alnwick wrangle ends in compensation
A settlement has finally been reached in a lengthy and costly row that blew up after the government rejected plans for a Safeway superstore on land bought from the Duke of Northumberland. The Duke has agreed to buy back at an inflated price 12...
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the winners and losers
l Morrisons: In the seven weeks to January 9, sales 19.5% higher than the corresponding year. Like for likes up 15.1% l Tesco: In the seven weeks to January 8, total UK sales up 8.8%. Like for like sales up 5.5% with sales volumes up 4.5% l...
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No more Mr Nice Guy
That Dino Adriano is a nice guy is not in doubt. The problem as Safeway's Colin Smith found out last year is that being nice counts for nowt when your rivals are getting nastier by the day and your business is going south. Like Smith, Adriano...
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Safeway working on peace with farmers
Safeway has pledged to work with the National Farmers' Union to develop a code of practice for future supplier initiatives following the uproar caused by its 1,000 Line Availability Focus campaign. The supermarket chain told the NFU it was...
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Ahold still eyeing UK move
Dutch giant Ahold, which failed in a bid for Safeway in the 1980s, is still interested in moving into the UK market, according to president Cees van der Hoeven. Speaking at the Global Retailing Conference, organised by the IGD and Food from...
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Arise, Sir Ken not bad going for a market lad!
Ken Morrison, the executive chairman of Wm Morrison Supermarkets, joined the ranks of Richard Branson…
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Hardy fury at £2.49 Stamp
Deep price cutting by Safeway on the Stamp wine range prior to Christmas forced BRL Hardy to hold back supplies. A spokesman for Hardy said the multiple brought the price of the Stamp Chardonnay Semillon down to £2.49 in some stores. "We had not...