Sir Ken Morrison has died aged 85 following a short illness, his family has said.
Sir Ken helped grow supermarket Morrisons from a small grocery chain into one of the UK's largest retailers, until he retired in 2008.
He died peacefully at home in North Yorkshire, his family said in a statement.
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In the old days it was a treat to stop off at one of his shops at Bradford on the return from GM, we never thought that they would be built in this area! In that time they've opened and closed down in my home town.
Baz posted:I used to like Morrisons , but feel it's lost it's way a bit lately . RIP though
Used to be my regular supermarket shop (The Hillsborough Barracks Branch) when I had a car, but then like you I found they lost their way and their fresh produce seemed to last about 24 hrs before turning. Apparently they had a good Christmas, posting encouraging figures.
We miss it. Sunday morning. Chuckout. Curries anywhere between 50-150p.
He wasn't greatly welcomed here when he bought over Safeways. A lot of Safeway favourites disappeared to be replaced by his English customer's likes. (if you don't know. Morrisons was a Non-Scottish supermarket, until he took over Safeways.) After a short while books of complaint were opened and after another while (presumably when the loss of revenue and profits became evident (I think he made an overall loss for the first couple of years after acquiring Safeways) the products became a bit less 'English' and a bit more in tune with the Scottish likes!
I'm taking my mum to Morrisons tomorrow. It's a 40 min drive and we consider it an outing! Great lunch then a good ole rummage around.
Then I go back to Waitrose next week 
I wonder if Rexi is going to Bicester?!
When we've visited our Oxford chums it seems to be the nearest one!
velvet donkey posted:Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:He wasn't greatly welcomed here when he bought over Safeways. A lot of Safeway favourites disappeared to be replaced by his English customer's likes. (if you don't know. Morrisons was a Non-Scottish supermarket, until he took over Safeways.) After a short while books of complaint were opened and after another while (presumably when the loss of revenue and profits became evident (I think he made an overall loss for the first couple of years after acquiring Safeways) the products became a bit less 'English' and a bit more in tune with the Scottish likes!
The old Safeway stores badly need a revamp. And the checkouts are hellish.
Haven't actually been in the local Morrisons for over a year. Partly because it doesn't sell as much of what I like as Tescos, but mainly because it is not on the route to/from work, so I'd actually have to go out of my way to go there.
Garage Joe posted:I wonder if Rexi is going to Bicester?!
When we've visited our Oxford chums it seems to be the nearest one!
Banbury Joe ... it is a mahooosive one with a fab cafe! I'm looking forward to my omlette and chips for about tuppence h'penny!!
