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UK customers stockpiled key goods at the start of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March

Tesco UK, Morrisons reintroduce rationing due to Covid

UK supermarket Tesco said it will prevent customers from bulk-buying flour, pasta, toilet roll and anti-bacterial wipes to prevent a re-run of the Covid-19 stockpiling that stripped shelves bare earlier this year.

Business • 25 Sep 20

Morrisons said its Covid-19 costs were £155m, partly offset by business rates relief of £93m

Morrisons' profits dented by Covid-19 costs

Morrisons, Britain's fourth largest supermarket group, has today reported a 25.3% fall in first-half profit, hurt by costs related to the Covid-19 pandemic, but said it expected profit growth for the full year.

Business • 10 Sep 20

Morrisons said its sales rose 5.1% in the 14 weeks to May 10 due to consumers stocking-up in late March

Morrisons' sales get coronavirus lockdown boost

British supermarket group Morrisons has today reported a 5.7% rise in group like-for-like sales in its latest quarter, with demand boosted by the UK coronavirus lockdown but it said its costs were also higher during the pandemic.

Business • 12 May 20

UK supermarket visits up by 79 million before lockdown

UK consumers made over 79 million extra grocery shopping trips in the four weeks to March 21 year-on-year as they stocked their "pandemic pantries".

Business • 31 Mar 20

Morrisons has blamed a tough economic backdrop and sustained consumer uncertainty for the sales drop

Morrisons reports sales fall in Christmas season

Morrisons, Britain's fourth largest supermarket group, reported another fall in underlying sales over Christmas, blaming a tough economic backdrop and sustained consumer uncertainty.

Business • 07 Jan 20

The partnership strengthens Fexco's position in the UK market, where it holds around 12% share now

Fexco expands UK retail foreign exchange offering

Co Kerry-based financial services provider Fexco has announced an expansion of its foreign exchange business arrangement with British supermarket chain Morrisons.

Business • 12 Dec 19

Morrisons said political and economic uncertainty was continuing to impact consumer confidence

Sales growth at UK's Morrisons slows in first quarter

Morrisons, the UK's fourth-biggest supermarket group, said political and economic uncertainty had weighed on its first-quarter growth and warned that it faced a tough comparative over the next three months.

Business • 09 May 19

Morrisons said its total revenue rose 2.7% to £17.7 billion, with like-for-like sales up 4.8%

Britons stock up on toilet roll, painkillers: Morrisons

Toilet rolls and painkillers are some of items Britons have started to stockpile ahead of a potential no-deal Brexit, supermarket Morrisons said today.

Business • 13 Mar 19

Morrisons said total like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, rose 5.6% in the 13 weeks to November 4

Morrisons' quarterly sales up 5.6% but miss targets

Morrisons, the UK's fourth largest supermarket group, today reported a 5.6% rise in quarterly underlying sales.

Business • 06 Nov 18

Morrisons said it second quarter group like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT sales tax, rose 6.3% - a nine-year high

Morrisons upbeat after best quarter for nine years

Morrisons today beat forecasts with a 9% rise in first half profit after Britain's fourth biggest supermarket group delivered its best quarterly sales performance for nine years.

Business • 13 Sep 18

Morrisons said its expectations for the 2018-19 year were unchanged

Morrisons' quarterly sales beat forecasts

Morrisons, Britain's fourth biggest supermarket operator, beat forecasts for first-quarter underlying sales growth helped by an expansion of its wholesale business.

Business • 10 May 18

Morrisons said its group like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, rose 2.8% in the 10 weeks to January 7

UK's Morrisons beats forecasts for Christmas trading

Morrisons beat forecasts for underlying sales in the key Christmas period, as premium products, online sales and competitive prices lured more shoppers into Britain's fourth biggest supermarket group.

Business • 09 Jan 18

Morrisons reports first rise in annual profits in five years

Morrisons reports first annual profit rise in 5 years

Morrisons has warned more expensive food imports were creating uncertainties after a new management team delivered a first rise in annual profit in five years.

Business • 09 Mar 17

Morrisons said it expected a 2016-17 underlying profit before tax to be ahead of consensus in the range of £330-340m

Morrisons beats forecasts with strong Christmas

Morrisons has raised its profit guidance as it beat forecasts with its strongest underlying Christmas sales for seven years, confirming its recovery under new management.

Business • 10 Jan 17

Ssales at stores open over a year, excluding fuel, rose 0.7% in the 13 weeks to May 1

Sales edge up at UK supermarkets group Morrisons

Morrisons, Britain's fourth largest supermarket, today reported a further improvement in quarterly underlying sales.

Business • 05 May 16

Amazon will now add fresh and frozen products to its existing offering of packaged grocery goods, setting it up against established UK online rivals Tesco and Ocado

Amazon to sell fresh and frozen food online in UK

Amazon has launched its biggest foray into the grocery retail market outside of the US with a deal in the UK to offer fresh and frozen goods to customers in a deal with supermarket chain Morrisons.

Business • 29 Feb 16

From March Morrisons will increase its hourly payment to £8.20 from a previous minimum of £6.83

UK grocer Morrisons boosts staff pay

Morrisons has become the country's latest retailer to raise its pay for store staff to a level above a compulsory "national living wage" due to be introduced by the UK government next year.

Business • 29 Sep 15

Morrisons reports an underlying pretax profit of £345m in the year to February 1

Morrisons signals lower dividend after profit drop

Britain's fourth biggest supermarket Morrisons signalled it would cut its dividend in 2015 after it reported its lowest annual profit in eight years today.

Business • 12 Mar 15

Three former Tesco bosses now in charge at Morrisons

Morrisons names former Tesco man as new boss

UK supermarket group Morrisons has named former Tesco executive David Potts as its new chief executive.

Business • 25 Feb 15

Morrisons' underlying half yearly profits dropped 51% to £181m

Morrisons' half yearly profits dive 51%

Profits at Morrisons have dived by more than half after the UK supermarket chain's sales were savaged in the industry's ongoing price war.

Business • 11 Sep 14

Wm Morrison reports major theft of data from its staff payroll system

Morrisons suffers payroll data theft

Wm Morrison, the fourth biggest grocer in the UK, suffered a major theft of data from its staff payroll system, including bank account details.

Business • 14 Mar 14

UK grocer Morrison to invest £1 billion in price cuts over three years

UK grocer Morrisons slashes profit outlook

British grocer Wm Morrison slashed earnings expectations after posting its lowest profit in five years.

Business • 13 Mar 14

Morrisons to start selling groceries online from next January

Morrisons seals deal with Ocado for online service

Britain's number four supermarket Wm Morrisons has agreed a long term deal with online grocer Ocado to enable Morrisons.com to start grocery deliveries to customers by January.

Business • 17 May 13

Morrison posts first fall in full-year profits for six years

Morrisons to move into online grocery

Britain's fourth biggest grocer William Morrison said it would launch an online food offer by January 2014 to better compete with rivals.

Business • 14 Mar 13

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