If I just quote you, presumably I can't get into trouble for using the five letter word.nodnirG kraM wrote:Our local Sainsbury's had kiddies' trolleys too, James.
It's looking like that, I think Sir Ken will probably be on the Board, but he's retiring from day to day operations, he's about 75 or so now, so I'm not surprised he didn't do it sooner.The Very Rev Cobin wrote:Does this mean nobody in the Morrison family is taking the role?
Sounds like the revamp is a half-arsed bit of window dressing then - on a totally different scale to the effort that Tesco put into revamping their stores. That branch is bleak and extremely old fashioned, and from your description it sounds like the changes have made very little difference. That petrol station is like something from communist Russia, and they have those weird blue neon signs over the doors that have no consistency with the Morrisons branding.AJ wrote:The refit/revamp in the Stoke-on-Trent Morrisons has just about been finished. Went inside today when I was down in the area. New logo on the tower outside along with old yellow signage on the side of the building and the tacky black and yellow petrol station which has remained unchanged.
Inside it's rather quite nice now - brighter lighting, bigger entertainment section, HSBC bank has gone from the corner of the shop, freshly made sandwiches, new cleaner looking salad bar and a "concept" health and beauty section with all angular aisles - nice to look at but takes up a hell of a lot of room.
Aside from that, not much else has changed in there - the oven fresh counter still looks dingy as does the pie shop counter and the cafe still looks naff.
Yep, it is a bit of a half arsed rebrand. The Sainsubrys in Hanley does look a bit rough - but that's like much of the local area really. The one in Stoke town centre is much nicer - fresh, modern and bright.rdobbie wrote:Sounds like the revamp is a half-arsed bit of window dressing then - on a totally different scale to the effort that Tesco put into revamping their stores. That branch is bleak and extremely old fashioned, and from your description it sounds like the changes have made very little difference. That petrol station is like something from communist Russia, and they have those weird blue neon signs over the doors that have no consistency with the Morrisons branding.AJ wrote:The refit/revamp in the Stoke-on-Trent Morrisons has just about been finished. Went inside today when I was down in the area. New logo on the tower outside along with old yellow signage on the side of the building and the tacky black and yellow petrol station which has remained unchanged.
Inside it's rather quite nice now - brighter lighting, bigger entertainment section, HSBC bank has gone from the corner of the shop, freshly made sandwiches, new cleaner looking salad bar and a "concept" health and beauty section with all angular aisles - nice to look at but takes up a hell of a lot of room.
Aside from that, not much else has changed in there - the oven fresh counter still looks dingy as does the pie shop counter and the cafe still looks naff.
Mind you, the Sainsburys in Stoke seems to have been forgotten and left to rot - I couldn't believe how dirty and dilapitated it was when I last went there a few months ago. The store was a filthy disgusting mess with empty shelves everywhere (as if it was closing down), and the petrol station's price tower had the branding of 1992 and looked like it had been sprayed with bullets and was being held together with brown parcel tape.
Marvellous, well the logo is ready.DVB Cornwall wrote: ``There is a rumor going round that Morrison is considering a bid for Woolworths,'' McEachran, who has a ``buy'' recommendation on the stock, said in a telephone interview today. Woolworths spokeswoman Celia Gordon Shute and William Morrison Supermarkets Plc spokeswoman Sarah Gestetner declined to comment.
