Morrisons news

Tesco, Aldi, Asda and Morrisons are placing limits on purchases of some fresh produce lines amid shortages. Affected products and purchase limits At the time of writing, Sainsbury's, Lidl, Waitrose, Co-op and M&S had not announced any limits. Shortages expected to last a few weeks Andrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the British Retail Consortium (BRC), said: ...

Morrisons has become the first supermarket to launch its own carbon neutral eggs, as it looks to be directly supplied by “zero emission” farms by 2030. A “circular waste” feeding scheme The Morrisons new “Planet Friendly Eggs” are produced on Morrisons farms where hens are fed a soya-free diet of insects, which in turn have been fed food waste from its bakery, fruit and vegetables sites. Th...

Gopuff – a US-based rapid delivery platform – and UK retailer, Morrisons have launched a multi-year partnership to bring own-brand and branded products to Gopuff's platform. The partnership means customers across the UK can order thousands of Morrisons food and grocery items for delivery in as little as 15-20 minutes. A major tie-up having recently arrived in the UK The partnership follows ...

UK-based supermarket chain Morrisons is trialing rented refill boxes for salad bar customers to reduce the use of plastic packaging. Four stores will be involved in the Refill a Box scheme, which is the first of its kind to be trialed by a UK supermarket. Each rentable box, made from fully recyclable polypropylene will replace Morrisons’ large salad boxes. The reusable boxes are designed...

Morrisons has stopped using plastic packaging for its own-label milk lines, switching to Tetra Pak cartons instead. 100 tonnes of plastic will be saved each year From this month, nine Morrisons fresh milk lines will be sold in Tetra Pak cartons, saving 100 tonnes of plastic per year initially. It also removed plastic packaging from the majority of its own-label fresh juice lines in fav...

Morrisons is set to work with its own label suppliers to cut carbon emissions in its wider supply chain. 30% reduction of Scope 3 carbon emissions by 2030 Morrisons said it will encourage suppliers to reduce the greenhouse emissions associated with the sourcing, manufacture and transportation of their products. 400 own label suppliers will initially be offered free access to a new softwa...

Morrisons is set to be the first supermarket to co-own a new recycling facility in Fife, Scotland. Reprocessing ‘hard-to-recycle’ soft plastics The new site will be able to process 15,000 tonnes of flexible plastic packaging each year. According to Morrisons, the facility, the first of its kind in the world, is co-owned and being constructed by recycling plant specialists Yes Recycling, and...

Morrisons has committed to becoming net zero across its own operations by 2035, five years earlier than its initial pledge. Reducing Scope 3 emissions across its entire own brand supply chain by 30 per cent by 2030 The retailer has also committed to reducing its Scope 3 emissions across its entire own brand supply chain by 30 per cent by 2030. It is already in the process of working with su...

We round up the most-read content from September, picking out some of the key insights from the most viewed reports of the previous month. In the last month of Q3, we produced the supply chain playbook reports of Walmart , Tesco and Morrisons , where we explored their key strategic supply chain priorities and highlighted ways that can help partners better collaborate with them. The Wal...

Private equity giant Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has won the drawn out battle for its bid to be put to Morrisons shareholders. It offered slightly more for the business than the rival Fortress Capital led consortium in a rare auction procedure conducted under Takeover Panel rules. CD&R’s 287p per share bid was 2p above its August offer for the company which was recommended to shareholders ...