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  • VDUBsterVDUBster Posts: 1,423
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    Supermarkets having to close stores is never really a hop considering the saturation there is in the market.

    Where I live we have Morrisons, Sainsburys, Lidl, Aldi & Iceland stores (although the Aldi and Iceland ones have recently just opened in an ex-Focus DIY store, and that is not counting the smaller convenience stores and fuel stations, including a Sainsburys local and a few McColls and a CoOperative fuel station with their shop in there too.
  • malpascmalpasc Posts: 9,639
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    I think a lot of Morrisons' issues are that it doesn't know what it is in terms of place within the market. Tesco and Sainsbury's basically have the middle of the market tied up, with M&S and Waitrose (and Booths in the north) at the upper end. Morrisons isn't cheap enough to be ASDA or Aldi, Lidl etc.

    Morrisons has no USP. You could remove all the branding from one of their stores and have no idea who it was.. There's a bit of loyalty in the north of England for Morrisons because that's where it originated but for those of us in the south Morrisons' name really doesn't mean anything at all, just a name that took over from the already struggling Safeway.
  • LilyThePinkLilyThePink Posts: 229
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    They have recently started their home delivery service. I know that in Manchester this means that they have opened a distribution warehouse and have around 400 drivers and vans, this covers a large area of the North West maybe this is why they have chosen to close these stores.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,341
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    It looks as if supermarkets're starting to lose their grip of power on the high
    streets... Hey, it'd make a good film like CASINO but instead of the mafia losing it's grip on Las Vegas, it's supermarkets losing their grip on the high streets.
  • DianaFireDianaFire Posts: 12,711
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    motsy wrote: »
    It looks as if supermarkets're starting to lose their grip of power on the high
    streets... Hey, it'd make a good film like CASINO but instead of the mafia losing it's grip on Las Vegas, it's supermarkets losing their grip on the high streets.

    It just seems that the low cost ones are taking over from the main four:
    Sales fell by 1.6% at both Asda and Morrisons, Kantar Wordpanel adds. Meanwhile, Aldi and Lidl have grown by 22.6% and 15.1% to finish the year with market shares of 4.8% and 3.5% respectively. Half of all UK households visited at least one of the two retailers over the past 12 weeks. Waitrose also continued its strong run as sales rose 6.6% to take its market share to 5.1% in December.

    Tesco continued to lose market share in December, down to 29.1% from 29.6% a year ago, retail analysts Kantar Worldpanel have said. Sales at Sainsbury's were 0.7% lower over the same period, but that actually made Sainsbury's the best performing of the "Big Four". It also means it overtook Asda as the UK's second largest - in terms of market share - supermarket for the first time since 2003.
  • sarahj1986sarahj1986 Posts: 11,305
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    I've been using Morrisons since they opened the big store in Leamington (reported to be one of the biggest in the country) and I personally like shopping in there. I've moved down to Stratford Upon Avon and thankfully they have a store here although not as big as Leamington. I Started using their home delivery service and I've no complaints on it at all. I'd rather use Morrisons than Tesco which is the only other store round here
  • Toby LaRhoneToby LaRhone Posts: 12,916
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    They've just opened a huge outlet here with underground parking.
    It's a ten minute drive from a much older store.
    If they closed the older one I wouldn't read too much into it.
    Like a previous poster we have every possible supplier within 15 minutes - some of them duplicated.
    Competition is intense.
  • steveh31steveh31 Posts: 13,516
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    Sainsburys to get rid of 500 staff
  • Toby LaRhoneToby LaRhone Posts: 12,916
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    steveh31 wrote: »
    Sainsburys to get rid of 500 staff
    Which store?
  • steveh31steveh31 Posts: 13,516
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    Toby LaRhone wrote: »
    Which store?

    https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQqQIoADAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2015%2F01%2F13%2Fuk-sainsbury-s-jobs-idUKKBN0KM1CW20150113&ei=ax21VLrWKIbB7Aai0IHQBg&usg=AFQjCNFGMDagRBi76niHyEqTxSlEurtmhA&sig2=GmSsl3LfIWyyZjVgKuxUIg&bvm=bv.83339334,d.ZGU
  • DaisyBillDaisyBill Posts: 4,339
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    Morrisons is opening a small shop at the end of our road, and another one a couple of miles away. Perhaps it's part of a trend away from the very big supermarkets on trading estates to smaller shops within residential areas. That suits me, as a non driver.
  • steveh31steveh31 Posts: 13,516
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    Morrisons say the 10 shops closing have 409 staff and are not large stores or convenience stores but won't name them yet.
  • CravenHavenCravenHaven Posts: 13,953
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    steveh31 wrote: »
    after Tesco last week the wheels are starting to fall off the supermarket trolleys
    I never knew the trolleys that can't drive straight could do so much harm to the business.
    Still, serves them right I suppose. Bloody annoying.
    :kitty:
  • GageGage Posts: 1,253
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    That's good news to hear as we maintain their IT system (including self checkouts) so hopefully less work for us.
  • CravenHavenCravenHaven Posts: 13,953
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    "Please wait while we verify your profits"
  • Richard_TRichard_T Posts: 5,166
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    Gage wrote: »
    That's good news to hear as we maintain their IT system (including self checkouts) so hopefully less work for us.

    Morrisons self checkouts have got to be some of the worse out there - ASDA, Tesco, Sainsburys all easy to use - Morrisons self check on the other hand..
  • starry_runestarry_rune Posts: 9,006
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    I think Morrisons are the best of the lot, a litttle bit of everything + salad bars and the best cafes
  • spookyLXspookyLX Posts: 11,730
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    Am not surprised, in my town they have a large store and 600 yards down they took over the old block busters place and turned it into a convenience store, no one is quite sure why they bothered to do this unless they wanted to stop another store like sainsbury nabbing it
  • s2ks2k Posts: 7,421
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    Richard_T wrote: »
    Morrisons self checkouts have got to be some of the worse out there - ASDA, Tesco, Sainsburys all easy to use - Morrisons self check on the other hand..
    I agree. It seems like nobody knows how to calibrate the scales properly, or if they do then they are just way too sensitive meaning they are constantly screaming out for help if you so much as nudge the bag. Its a shame cos the store itself is pretty decent, I just hate being stuck in a supermarket longer than I have to be.
  • Will_JohnsonWill_Johnson Posts: 857
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    All of these major supermarkets perhaps with Asda the exception are adopting a very cautious position. Sainsburys have recently announced a reining back on investment in construction of new stores.

    Aldi have massive plans to go to the next level and when you look at it, and its a matter of opinion, much of their offer isn't considerably worse than that of the major players with prices by comparison a lot cheaper.
  • paul2307paul2307 Posts: 8,079
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    Closing is the best thing for any Morrisons store I can't stand them and the staff always seem more interested in talking among themselves that actually serving customers , good riddance I say
  • howard hhoward h Posts: 23,369
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    I'd go back to Morrisons if they'd turn their sodding musak off. Lidl's nice and quiet....
  • LandisLandis Posts: 14,855
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    My excellent local Morrisons have a brand new Asda opened nearby.

    I can see (from car parking spaces alone) that this has had a huge impact......
  • TUTV ViewerTUTV Viewer Posts: 6,236
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    spookyLX wrote: »
    Am not surprised, in my town they have a large store and 600 yards down they took over the old block busters place and turned it into a convenience store, no one is quite sure why they bothered to do this unless they wanted to stop another store like sainsbury nabbing it

    It's worth it for the Sunday trade.

    If legislation changed to allow longer opening on Sundays, then there would be a lot of "local" closures.
  • gregrichardsgregrichards Posts: 4,913
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    I shop in Morrisons a lot but always leave annoyed. The queues are always really bad at the tills and the self-service ones are the worst of all supermarkets. I hate these machines I always joke with the woman manning them that she has my sympathys and they should be taken to the the local tip ASAP.

    The cafe is nice though but best avoided at peak times as your in for a long wait.

    Sorry for all the staff who are going to be made redundant.
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