[92], The Morrisons logo, March 2007 – June 2016. Further to this policy decision, it was announced in late 2004 that the 114 smaller 'Safeway Compact' stores would be sold off to rival supermarket chain Somerfield in a two-part deal worth £260.2 million in total. This will help get customers quickly and safely through the checkouts. Offer. Save job. [72] The sale was completed in August 2016 for £45 million. In fact the extra money—equivalent to 10p a litre—went to Danish milk co-operative group Arla Foods, to be divided among several countries, with only one quarter of the 23p going to UK farmers. [25], In May 2005, Morrisons announced the closure of Safeway's joint venture convenience store/petrol station format with BP. In a statement on their website Sainsbury's said: "Please follow official guidelines for your local area and wear a face covering when shopping in our stores in England and Scotland. Back in March supermarkets were forced to take drastic action, including rationing products such as pasta, toilet roll and flour, after the arrival of coronavirus on British shores led to a wave of stockpiling. Apply on company website.

[90], In December 2012 a television advertising campaign which showed a child giving a dog pieces of Christmas pudding was criticised by the British Veterinary Association and the Kennel Club. *Excludes Leicester . [14] The company was purchased for £3.3 billion, comprising 1 new Morrisons share (enabling Safeway shareholders to have a 40% stake in the enlarged group and reducing the Morrison family's shareholding to 18%), plus 60 pence in cash (paid for by the divestment of 52 overlapping stores) for each Safeway share held. The difference was calculated at the checkout on national brands and comparable own label products and fresh food, even those that are on promotion elsewhere. A spokesman for Morrisons stated that it had sought veterinary advice before the shoot, at which a vet was present. TS (Cleveland), TD (Hawick), BD (Bradford), HG (Harrogate), LS (Leeds), WF (Wakefield) and HD (Huddersfield). “Supermarkets have put in place a range of safety measures to protect staff and customers.

Available for everyone, funded by readers. [24] On 18 July 2006, a further six stores from the 'Rump' format were sold to Waitrose, including the former Safeway store in Hexham, Northumberland, which became England's most northerly Waitrose branch. All rights reserved. [82] In 2016 the Match & More loyalty cards were rebranded as the "More" loyalty card and all customers were issued a new card in line with the rebranding. [4], Morrisons' market share in August 2017 was 10.14%, down 0.86% from 2015[8]—behind Tesco (27.8%), Sainsbury's (15.8%) and Asda (15.3%) but ahead of Aldi (7%). [56], In September 2015, Morrisons announced the sale of its 140 M Local stores to Mike Greene and Greybull Capital, to be re-branded My Local, for £25 million[57] and that it planned to close 11 supermarkets, costing a reported 900 jobs. [81], The Match & More card price matched the chain's customers' comparable grocery shopping in store and online with Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda. Offer price £4, was £5. Sainsbury’s, the UK’s second-biggest supermarket, said it had “good availability of [delivery] slots” and that trading patterns this weekend “have been normal”. [52] In addition, six unprofitable convenience stores would close, and the roll-out of the convenience store chain would be slowed, as a batch of 40 sites would no longer be bought.
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Our Morrisons Cafes in England* will be open from Saturday 4th July, with social distancing measures in place. Products will be picked from Morrisons stores as part of the trial in Leeds. In 1958, Morrisons opened a small shop in the city centre. Christmas pudding contains ingredients which can be harmful to dogs, which led to concern that the behaviour in the clip could be copied with detrimental consequences for animals. Morrisons reinstates door marshals to prepare for Covid-19 second wave Possible lockdown restrictions spurs store to get tough on social distancing, shopper numbers and face masks Zoe Wood US 2020 election: The economy under Trump in six charts, Alexei Navalny: Russian activist discharged from Berlin hospital, Morrisons considers ditching all 'bags for life', has been ramping up its online grocery service. It also involved the replacement of external signage, with the previous Morrisons signs being retained alongside the new logo, as well as changes to product packaging, point of sale, advertising, staff uniforms (replacing the old blue ties and bows with green ones) and distribution vehicles.