Mar 16, 2020 | News, Retailing
Morrisons says farmers, local foodmakers and many more small businesses will be paid early to support them as they deal with the impact of coronavirus/Covid-19. The retailer said it is to move to immediate payments for its smaller suppliers to help them during the...
Feb 14, 2020 | News, Retailing
A report by GlobalData suggests that the food and grocery market in the UK will be worth £174.5bn by 2024, with the ‘big four’ supermarkets set to lose out on a further £1.9bn of the total market. The company’s latest report, ‘UK: Food & Grocery 2019-2024’,...
Feb 4, 2020 | News, Retailing
Latest figures from Kantar reveal that more than twice as many consumers purchased plant-based products in January compared to December, with health reasons being cited as the main reason for the uptake in sales. According to the research, nearly half of the people...
Jan 23, 2020 | News, Retailing
In a major shake-up, Morrisons is scrapping 3,000 management roles while also creating 7,000 shop floor jobs, meaning a net gain of 4,000 positions. As part of the restructuring, the supermarket says the new jobs will be hourly-paid roles and will be distributed...
Jan 7, 2020 | News, Retailing
Morrisons has experienced a 2.8% drop in like for like sales over the 22 weeks to January 5th, latest figures have shown. Group like for like sales fell by 1.7% over the 22 week period, a figure which rises to 2.8% when including fuel. Despite a promising start to the...
