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Morrisons

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc (Morrisons) (LSE: MRW) is the fourth biggest supermarket in the United Kingdom.[2] Its main offices are in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.[3] The company is usually called Morrisons. In 2008, Sir Ken Morrison left the company.[4] Dalton Philips is the current head. The old CEO was Marc Bolland, who left to become CEO of Marks & Spencer.[5]

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
Public limited company
Traded asLSE: MRW
IndustryRetailing
Founded(1899), Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
FounderWilliam Morrison
HeadquartersBradford, West Yorkshire, England
Number of locations
569 (including 72 M Local stores)
Key people
Sir Ken Morrison (President)
Sir Ian Gibson (Chairman)
Dalton Philips (CEO)
ProductsSupermarket
RevenueIncrease £18.116 billion (2013)[1]
Increase £949 million (2013)[1]
Increase £647 million (2013)[1]
Number of employees
132,000 (2011)
Websitewww.morrisons.com

As of September 2009, Morrisons has 455 shops in the United Kingdom.[6]

On 15 March 2007, Morrisons said that it would stop its old branding and go for a more modern brand image. Their lower price brand, Bettabuy, was also changed to a more modern brand called the Morrisons Value.[7] This brand was then changed again in 2012 as Morrisons started their low price option brand called M Savers.

In 2005 Morrisons bought part of the old Rathbones Bakeries for £15.5 million which make Rathbones and Morrisons bread.[8]

In 2011, Morrisons opened a new 767,500 square/foot centre in Bridgwater for a £11 million redevelopment project. This project also made 200 new jobs.[9]

Morrisons Media

  • A Morrisons filling station in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England

  • Morrisons, Lakeside, Ashby, North Lincolnshire

  • Morrisons expansion into Scotland following acquisition of Safeway led to the first Scottish store opening in Kilmarnock in 2004

  • Morrisons supermarket, High Street, Saltney, Flintshire

  • Produce department, Morrisons, Wetherby, West Yorkshire.

  • Morrisons' headquarters in Bradford, West Yorkshire

  • A Morrisons branch at the Merrion Centre, Leeds showing new branding introduced in 2015

  • A Morrisons Daily forecourt store, Wetherby

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Preliminary Results 2013". Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Co-op buys Somerfield for £1.57bn. BBC News. 16 July 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7508982.stm. Retrieved 26 July 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Contact Us." Morrisons. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Hall, James (14 March 2008). "Sir Ken Morrison, 76, bows out to applause and sales gift". The Daily Telegraph (UK). https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/03/14/cnmorrison11.xml. Retrieved 26 July 2012. 
  5. ↑ "WM Morrisons Board Member Biographies". Morrisons.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "'Our stores', Morrisons website". Morrisons.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "The Grocer Today – Latest News". www.thegrocer.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  8. ↑ Press Association (3 May 2005). "Morrison buys Rathbone Bakeries". Guardian (UK). http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2005/may/03/supermarkets.money. Retrieved 12 March 2011. 
  9. ↑ "Morrisons Distribution Centre Preview". Bridgwater Mercury. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
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