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Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
Public limited company
Traded as LSE: MRW
Industry Retailing
Founded (1899), Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Founder William Morrison
Headquarters Bradford, 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)
Products Supermarket
Revenue Increase £18.116 billion (2013)
Operating income
 Increase £949 million (2013)
Increase £647 million (2013)
Number of employees
 132,000 (2011)

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

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

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.. 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.

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.

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  • Morrisons, Scunthorpe (geograph 289364)

    Morrisons, Lakeside, Ashby, North Lincolnshire

  • Morrisons, Kilmarnock

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

  • MorrisonsConsett

    Former store in Consett, County Durham, using former branding. Since replaced with a new build store in November 2012

  • New Morrisons Supermarket (before first opening), High Street, Saltney, Flintshire - DSC08079

    Morrisons supermarket, High Street, Saltney, Flintshire

  • Produce department, Morrisons Wetherby (14th June 2019)

    Produce department, Morrisons, Wetherby, West Yorkshire.

  • Morrisons HQ, Bradford - geograph.org.uk - 372718

    Morrisons' headquarters in Bradford, West Yorkshire

  • Morrisons, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds (14th November 2015) 002

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

  • Morrisons Daily, Wetherby (31st May 2018)

    A Morrisons Daily forecourt store, Wetherby

  • Morrisons Daily, Rock Ferry

    A Morrisons Daily stand-alone store, Mount Road, Birkenhead

  • Morrisons Market Share

    Morrisons market share decreased after its purchase of Safeway, but it eventually grew again after the store disposals and conversions.

  • Morrisons M Local store, Church Street, Liverpool

    Morrisons M local, Church Street, Liverpool

  • Stobart truck at Morrisons distribution centre, Bridgwater, Somerset, 16 July 2012

    Morrisons distribution centre, Bridgwater, Somerset

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