Tag: Morrisons
Scottish brands 2017: a year of evolution
AS 2017 draws to a close, it’s time to take a look back at the food and non-alcoholic drink industry in Scotland over the past year
Early Christmas for the big four
Christmas appears to have come early for the supermarkets, with the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel revealing continued growth.
Morrisons is on a veg push
Morrisons has launched an all-British veg box offering eight different seasonal vegetables for £5.
Seventh heaven for discounter
Research reported Lidl has increased its market share to a new record high of 5.2%, up 0.7% year on year.
McColl’s Morrisons deal revives Safeway
Supermarket secures contract to supply over 1600 stores
SUPERMARKET brand Safeway is set to make a return thanks to a new supply deal reached between...
Ain’t no stoppin’ the discounters
EXPONENTIAL growth continues unabated for the discounters, with new figures revealing both Aldi and Lidl continuing to post double-digit gains on last year’s value...
Fined for flouting customers’ marketing wishes
Morrisons has been fined for breaking the law on how people’s personal information should be treated when sending marketing emails.
An investigation by the Information...
Record Christmas for supermarkets
Supermarket shoppers spend £480m more than in 2015
SUPERMARKET checkouts rung up a record Christmas while the grocery market returned to inflation for the first...
Morrisons sales and profit up
SUPERMARKET firm Morrisons has reported like-for-like sales growth for the third quarter in a row as well as a 13.5% increase in half-year profits...
Southern c-store chain heads for administration
MY Local, the convenience chain formed after the purchase of the M Local stores of supermarket chain Morrisons last September, looks set to go...
Symbol store numbers drop
THE number of symbol stores in Britain dropped last year and the number of non-affiliated c-stores increased in what appears to have been a...
Independents’ sales slip 5.6%
TIMES were tough in the 12 weeks to late April for the major supermarkets but they were even tougher for symbol and independent stores,...
Morrisons to increase wages
Supermarket giant Morrisons plans to increase its hourly pay rate for store staff to £8.20 an hour from a previous minimum of £6.83.
The £8.20...
Grocery prices crash
GROCERY deflation has hit new lows as price falls in major food categories and fierce competition between retail giants continue, says research company Kantar...
M Local no more
Supermarket giant closes the last of its Scots c-stores as small format portfolio loses 23 across Britain
MULTIPLE grocer Morrisons has signalled its exit, for...
Pressure piles up on Tesco
UK’s biggest grocer sees sales fall and share price slumps after profit overstatement
SUPERMARKET giant Tesco’s market share fell below 29% in Kantar Worldpanel’s latest...