Morrisons local derby for charity

***** Charity Football Match – Sunday 28 August *****

Four weeks to go! Who’s raring to go for the match? We would love you all to join us! Morrisons Granton vs Morrisons Ferry Road. Epic battle – which store will win?

All money raised will be going to SiMBA, Simpson’s Memory Box Appeal St Columba’s Hospice

Join our event page to find out details and to see what raffle prizes can be won on the night. Getting back to the raffle- today I got word that we are getting a hamper from Mars! So all you sweet tooth’s chuck the diet out the window and get ready to buy your raffle tickets!!

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Local Morrisons stores spared the axe

Morrisons names eleven stores to close

Morrisons has revealed the stores it plans to close, a week after announcing ‘disappointing’ sales figures – a 47% drop in half-year pre-tax profit to £126m..

The supermarket giant announced plans for the closures last week as part of an attempt to revitalise the business, but has only now revealed which stores will be close. The retailer said it was also selling 140 loss-making “M” local convenience stores for about £25m.

Local stores at Granton Waterfront and Ferry Road are not affected – the stores to close are all in England. They are: Burnham-on-Sea, Castletown (Sunderland), Clevedon, Little Hulton, Northallerton, Oldbury, Salford, Shildon, Streatham, Tyldesley and West Bromwich.

There was no announcement about the date of the closures, but up to 900 members of staff will lose their jobs.

Chief executive David Potts said he regretted the closure of the stores. “This is a difficult decision, but one which we cannot see any way through to make those stores viable,” he said.

All aboard the PlayTalkRead bus!

The playtalkread bus is in North Edinburgh next week, providing free fun activities for parents and carers and their children.

The bus will be hosting free storytelling and rhythm sessions and a range of play and activity sessions for children and their parents, to promote and raise awareness of the benefits of positive parental engagement with simple free activities and resources – which parents can then take home to further build upon the ideas and activities sessions with their children.

The activities are open to parents and children on a drop-in and information basis.

You can hop aboard the bus:

Tuesday 24 June – Morrisons, Ferry Road/Pilton Drive North

Wednesday 25 June – Muirhouse Shopping Centre

Thursday 26 June – Royston Wardieburn Community Centre

If you have any questions and or would like to arrange session times for groups of children and parents, call Hannah Mitchell on 0131 664 5390 or email hannah@workingonwheels.org

Morrisons to offer online shopping

Morrisons, the UK’s fourth biggest supermarket chain, is to launch an online grocery service.

Morrisons is currently the only one of the big four – Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury’s are the others – not to offer an online shopping option to their customers, but a deal with internet grocer Ocado will see it offer the new service by January next year.

Delivery vans will carry the Morrisons brand, with Ocado supplying logistical support from it’s distribution centre in the Midlands.

Morrisons chief executive Dalton Philips told BBC Radio 4: “This is a very good transaction for both parties. We’re going from a standing start to the fast lane in the blink of an eye.”

Business analysts Conlumino predict that the total food and grocery market is forecast to grow 22% from £127bn to £155bn by 2017, with online food sales are expected to grow by nearly 70% over the same period, from £5.9bn to £10bn. Almost 30% of people in the UK now shop online for food and groceries.

Ever tried online grocery shopping? What’s the verdict? Let us know!