Yet another Morrisons thread

bilky asko · Mon 01 Oct, 2018 12.16

The late introduction of technology had its advantages - they introduced contactless payments nationwide in one day, for example. Contrast that with the sheer variety of equipment in Tesco stores.

Pete · Mon 01 Oct, 2018 16.02

Morrisons in South Shields looking good. Has the latest Morrisons Makes It signage on market street. New uniforms very smart too.

JAS84 · Thu 08 Nov, 2018 16.24

The Folkestone branch has burnt down.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-46136205

rdobbie · Sun 18 Nov, 2018 01.26

JAS84 wrote: Thu 08 Nov, 2018 16.24 The Folkestone branch has burnt down.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-46136205

The bulldozers moved in fast (credit: Kent Online).

I found this pic (credit: Dreadnought Tiles) showing the same corner of the building. I'm guessing it was one of the early Safeways, when it was still owned by Safeway USA. I can imagine how prestigious it must have looked when it first opened.

Sput · Sat 30 Mar, 2019 09.35

Pete wrote: Tue 23 Mar, 2010 18.31 OH MY GOD. That Safeway must be a metro megaouting for anyone visiting. It's on par with the Gibraltar Morrisons

*9 years pass*

THIS OLD GIRL?

Pete · Sat 27 Jul, 2019 15.00

Sput wrote: Sat 30 Mar, 2019 09.35
Pete wrote: Tue 23 Mar, 2010 18.31 OH MY GOD. That Safeway must be a metro megaouting for anyone visiting. It's on par with the Gibraltar Morrisons
*9 years pass*

THIS OLD GIRL?

Trying to decide on a new morrisons themed header image and this is in the top 3

WillPS · Tue 06 Aug, 2019 15.24

rdobbie wrote: Fri 19 Oct, 2007 17.24 I've just spent a few days in Spain and popped into Gibraltar, where a visit to check out their local Morrisons was a must.

Hope these pics are of some interest to other sad anoraks like myself. It was very weird to come across something as British as Morrisons buried so deeply in the most southern tip of Europe, especially with so many relics of the Safeway era still in operation.

The products on sale were a strange 50/50 mixture of Spanish brands and Morrisons own brands. Another strange juxtaposition was seeing the usual Morrisons food being served in the coffee shop, but with a range of Spanish beers also being sold on draught.

The header has made me feel nostalgic. Do these photos exist anywhere still?

Also, how about that Safeway/Morrisons/Somerfield hybrid?

rdobbie · Wed 07 Aug, 2019 04.29

WillPS wrote: Tue 06 Aug, 2019 15.24 The header has made me feel nostalgic. Do these photos exist anywhere still?

Yes! Successfully found buried away somewhere on my hard drive, and re-uploaded...

WillPS · Wed 07 Aug, 2019 09.36

That's brilliant, thank you. I wonder if that store had literally just lost its Safeway branding at that point.

all new Phil · Wed 07 Aug, 2019 11.34

If we ever manage a Metro meet-up, it should be to drink a beer in the Morrisons Gibraltar cafe.

rdobbie · Sat 10 Aug, 2019 06.05

WillPS wrote: Wed 07 Aug, 2019 09.36 That's brilliant, thank you. I wonder if that store had literally just lost its Safeway branding at that point.

They seemed to be doing a gradual conversion while keeping the store open, unlike the conversions on the mainland where they closed the stores for about a week to obliterate every trace of Safeway.

Maybe they couldn't do the Gibraltar store in such a quick blast because of the border/distance issues with the new signage and shopfittings.

On a related note, my local Lidl recently had a minor refit (it only opened 4 years ago) and I was surprised to see a German shopfitting company doing the work, with several German-registered Transit vans in the car park. I wonder why Lidl found that cost-effective, compared to using British shopfitters? I'd have thought the cost of cross-channel transport for the vehicles, and accommodation for the workers, would be quite high.