All Morrisons articles – Page 121
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Opinion
Sainsbury's connects with its customers
It’s difficult sometimes to see the difference between the grocers’ price promotion campaigns.
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News
Shoppers shun luxury food as crunch takes hold
Shoppers have been turning their backs on luxury foods in favour of cheaper meals as the credit crunch bites, according to research revealed today.
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News
Grocery sales climb 5.8 per cent
Grocery sales rose 5.8 per cent in the past 12 weeks on the same period last year, according to the latest figures from Nielsen.
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News
Morrisons’ value stance brings profit surge
Supermarket group Morrisons has reported a surge in first half profits, as it benefits from business improvements and its value credentials.
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NewsSupermarkets deny introducing compulsory fuel pre-payments
Supermarkets have refuted claims that consumers could soon find themselves having to enter a payment card at their garages’ fuel pumps before they fill up.
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AnalysisDo stars still sell?
With marketing budgets feeling the pinch, retailers may be thinking twice about signing celebrities to front their brand. Charlotte Hardie asks when they’re worth it and how they can be put to best use
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News
Discounters triumph as shoppers trade down
Asda, Morrisons and the discount food retailers are experiencing a mini sales boom, as rising commodity prices, shoppers trading down and supermarket price wars combine to drive sales, according to two sets of figures from market analysts TNS Worldpanel and Nielsen.
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News
Government threatens to call time on free plastic bags
Supermarkets have been warned that they must cut the number of plastic bags they distribute by 70 per cent by spring 2009 or be forced to start charging for them.
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News
Grocers cut petrol prices
Supermarkets Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s will lower petrol prices, in a move prompted by falling oil prices.
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Opinion
Co-op should focus on what it does best
The long-awaited Co-op-Somerfield deal was finally completed this week with little pomp and ceremony.
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News
Morrisons ups ante in price war
Morrisons has delivered another blow in the supermarket price wars with the creation of a fresh family meal for 4.
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Opinion
If the price is right…
Morrisons revealed once again that it is leading the grocery pack in terms of like-for-like growth. Yesterday, the grocer posted a 7 per cent increase in like-for-likes for the 13 weeks to May 4, which chief executive Marc Bolland said is “industry leading” and, again, “outperforms the market”.
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News
Morrisons like-for-likes outperform grocery market
Morrisons has reported like-for-like growth ahead of the grocery market during its first quarter.
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News
Supermarkets dominate poll of UK’s greenest brands
Leading food retailers occupy five of the top six places in a poll to find the UK’s greenest brands, according to the 2008 ImagePower Green Brands survey .
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News
Morrisons to exploit surplus space for non-food retailers
Morrisons has become the latest of the big supermarkets to exploit its property portfolio with plans for non-food retail developments on parts of its sites.
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Opinion
A discounter’s market
Shoppers, of course, have been watching the pennies this year. Yet, with the trend leaning towards staying in rather than going out to restaurants, the grocers have still achieved growth in sales of quality food.
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News
Morrisons targets customers with in-store green campaign
Morrisons has launched a store campaign to communicate its green credentials to shoppers.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – May 23, 2008
Marks & Spencer’s decision to stock well-known brands such as Heinz Tomato Ketchup was good for a headline, but will it make much difference to the retailer’s food business?
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News
Morrisons to cut plastic bag use by 50m a month
Grocer Morrisons aims to cut customers’ plastic bag use by 50 million a month by providing shoppers with free reusable bags.