Wm Morrison Supermarkets
Wm Morrison Supermarkets (or
Morrisons) is a chain of
supermarkets in the
UK. It is operated by the company
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc. It was founded in
William Morrison in
1899, initially as an egg and butter merchant in
Bradford, England. From the early 1900s the company used the name
Wm Morrison (Provisions) Limited. In
1958 it opened a small shop in the town centre, followed by its first supermarket "Victoria", in
1961. In
1967 it became a public company listed on the
London Stock Exchange. As of early
2003 it had 119 supermarkets in
Great Britain, mainly in the English
Midlands and the north of England. On
January 9, 2003 it made an offer to purchase the much larger chain
Safeway (UK).
See Also
- List of supermarkets in the United_Kingdom
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