World Cup Morrison Supermarkets
| Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
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| legal form | Public Limited Company |
| ISIN | GB0006043169 |
| founding | 1899 |
| Seat |
Bradford , UK
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| management | Andrew Higginson, Chairman David Potts ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 103.630 |
| sales | 17.735 billion GBP (FY 2018/19) |
| Branch | retail trade |
| Website | www.morrisons.co.uk |
| As of February 3, 2019 | |
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is a UK based retail company . It is listed on the FTSE 100 on the London Stock Exchange . The company is commonly referred to as "Morrisons". The head office is in Bradford , England . Wm Morrison Supermarkets employs around 118,880 people in 367 stores in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar (as of November 2006).
history
The company was founded in 1899 by William Morrison. The first egg and butter store was at Rawson Market in Bradford. His son, Sir Ken Morrison, is currently the company's chairman. Ken Morrison took over the company from his father in 1952. In 1961 the first supermarket was founded in the Girlington district of Bradford. In 1967 the company was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
In 2004, Morrisons took over the British retail company Safeway plc . The company also owns the Farmer's Boy food factory in Bradford. In May 2005, Morrisons acquired Ratbones Bakeries, which supplies bread to Morrisons' supermarkets.
The company is one of the four largest supermarket chains in Great Britain; in addition, there are the three competitors Tesco , ASDA (belongs to Wal-Mart ) and J Sainsbury .
Others
- All of the company's newly built supermarkets have a clock tower above the main entrance.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual Report and Financial Statements 2018/2019. On: Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC website, accessed August 10, 2019.
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3319601.stm
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/may/03/supermarkets.money