Morrison (wm) Supermarkets Share Discussion Threads

[loganair] 28/9/2020 14:21

BerkshireLive decided on Monday morning (September 28) to attempt to buy the country's once most sought-after commodity from the big supermarkets to see if the UK was returning to those dark days.

Tesco:

Of all the 'big four' supermarkets, it was here at Tesco where we encountered our biggest problem. Of the 27 toilet roll products listed on the website, 17 were unavailable - that's 62 per cent.

Only the nine and four roll packs were showing as being available, with the largest packs seemingly being out of stock.

A notable amount of dried pasta products were listed out of stock, too. All but one fusilli product was unavailable, with supplies of spaghetti, conchiglie, penne, farfalle, and tagliatelle apparently low.



Morrisons:

Just four toilet roll products were out of stock on Morrisons' website. Four dried pasta products were also unavailable.

There are seven antibacterial wipe products on the website, of which three were out of stock. And 11 baby wipe products were also listed as unavailable.



Sainsbury's:

Not one toilet roll product was out of stock on Sainsbury's website. All pasta goods, flour, and antibacterial wipes were also available.

[loganair] 28/9/2020 14:15

Aldi, today, said it intended to create a further 4,000 new UK jobs next year, adding to the 3,000 permanent roles added in 2020.

The value grocer also pledged to invest £1.3bn by 2021 with new and upgraded stores, distribution centres and further innovations across its business.

The plan is to open 100 new sites in line with a long-term target of 1,200 stores by 2025, alongside over 100 store upgrades under its ‘Project Fresh’ initiative.

The German discounter saw sales in the UK and Ireland rise by 8% to £12bn in the last financial year.

[essentialinvestor] 28/9/2020 12:14

phil, I've never seen that poster bullish on anything full stop.

[albert3591] 28/9/2020 11:07

He said to much space being used for the new home delivery,he thinks they will be overwhelmed by the Christmas goods.The shop warehouses are not coping,we will soon find out if and when stock gets put outside and covered with tarpaulins.

[philanderer] 28/9/2020 09:58

albert, do you mean with scale of demand ?

[albert3591] 28/9/2020 09:12

Mrw will have problems at Christmas a mrw manager has said to me.I believe him.

[johnwise] 28/9/2020 08:30

Aldi looks at online move as shopping habits change

They've missed out on the huge boom in online sales and increase in convenience store sales. Now Aldi's dipping its toe into the online food market, trialling several new concepts, including a Deliveroo rapid delivery service and a click and collect service.



Aldi to open 100 stores by end of next year with £1.3bn investment

[albert3591] 25/9/2020 15:06

Unless it goes down.

[dondee] 25/9/2020 10:57

People still have to buy to eat. Still a great buy at this share price.

[albert3591] 24/9/2020 16:09

The supermarkets are going to have a challenge over Christmas,maybe 24hr opening to help with queues. I also think they should sell their sprouts parsnip carrot very cheap just to save the inevitable wastage that will come.

[philanderer] 24/9/2020 15:57

'Morrisons becomes first large supermarket to reinstate Covid rationing'

Morrisons has become the first large supermarket to reinstate rationing on items such as toilet roll and disinfectant after the tightening of coronavirus measures.

[albert3591] 24/9/2020 15:03

Talk to some of their stressed staff,never heard people moan so much about having inexperienced managers.To young, no man management sense.

[pjleeds] 24/9/2020 14:37

Divi is too little too late, feed the nation , while the shareholders starve. I left weeks ago.

[dondee] 23/9/2020 21:57

MRW a good buy at this price.

[pietroricci] 23/9/2020 11:14

Why is there such little activity pre ex-dividend ?Thoughts ?

[ygor705] 23/9/2020 08:34

Bought a few more this morning. BoJo's announcement last night probably means a transfer of spending away from restaurants towards supermarkets for the next 6 months. Good enough for me at this level.

[ygor705] 23/9/2020 07:40

Panic buying starting to happen again. I can't see Morrison's drifting off much further from here.

[essentialinvestor] 21/9/2020 16:11

Move to defensives.

[philanderer] 21/9/2020 10:35

'Robots gear up to march to the fields and harvest cauliflowers'

Prototype technology could help alleviate growing shortage of human crop pickers

[philanderer] 21/9/2020 00:35

Supermarket slots 'booking up fast' amid fears of second lockdown



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[philanderer] 21/9/2020 00:33

Morrisons reinstates door marshals to prepare for Covid-19 second wave

Possible lockdown restrictions spurs store to get tough on social distancing, shopper numbers and face masks

[loganair] 19/9/2020 17:10

Asda said it would collaborate with home improvement group Kingfisher, trialing four "shop within a shop" compact B&Q stores within Asda superstores.

A collaboration with the UK's leading home improvement retailer will see compact B&Q stores installed in four Asda superstores providing customers with access to a large number of products, as well as easy online access to B&Q’s full range for home delivery or click & collect.

These trials demonstrate imaginative responses to the challenges Asda faces. A tie-up with B&Q could be very positive for Asda; no other Big Four retailer has a tie-up with a DIY specialist and grocers' own DIY ranges even in the largest stores are typically very limited. The announcement comes on the day the ONS reports that home improvement retail sales have grown strongly in August as shoppers have used the summer to catch up on home maintenance tasks and to make their homes easier to work in. B&Q has for several years been experimenting with smaller format stores as like Asda, it has faced a growing challenge from declining footfall to its large out-of-town stores so will be keen for the trial to succeed. Both retailers also share a similar demographic of young family shoppers.