Drinkaware has announced a partnership with Morrisons, to roll out free drinking checks across the supermarket’s in-store pharmacies.  The alcohol-harm charity announced that it would offer free checks across all 117 in-store pharmacies, giving customers a chance to assess their drinking habits.   The drinking check is a three-minute online quiz that provides a drinking score.   The aim is to…

“It’s an interesting time to be a wine buyer,” says Charles Cutteridge, wine sourcing manager for Morrisons. “There are a lot of changes coming in terms of duty which will affect the kinds of products we put on shelves, so it will be interesting to see how consumers react to this.” With 10 years of experience in the wine industry under his belt,…

On a mission to introduce cider to new consumers, Laura Clacey co-founded UK-based South African cider brand Sxollie with Karol Ostaszewski. Sxollie is now stocked in Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Waitrose and Morrisons.  Clacey talks to Rachel Badham about “revolutionising cider” and getting wine drinkers into the category  How did your cidermaking journey begin? It’s never something I thought I would get into. My background…

Morrisons has purchased around 1,100 McColl’s stores after the convenience chain briefly went into administration. Reports over the weekend suggested both Morrisons and EG Group were in talks to buy the convenience retailer but administrator PwC said late Monday that Alliance Property Holdings, part of the Morrisons group, had snapped up the business, saving all 16,000 jobs. Morrisons has also agreed to rescue two pension schemes,…

McColl’s and Morrisons have agreed to increase the number of Morrisons Daily stores from 350 to 450 stores within 12 months. McColl’s said this week that the conversions will be completed by the end of November 2022, an improvement on its previous target of 350 in the same timeframe. “Within 12 months we will have 450 stores open and trading as Morrisons Daily, representing over…

Deliveroo has launched a delivery-only grocery store in partnership with Morrisons. Deliveroo Hop, available through the Deliveroo app, will offer grocery delivery in “as little as 10 minutes”. The first store, which is in Central London, will operate alongside Deliveroo’s existing on-demand grocery service, which the company said delivers from around 4,600 partner grocery stores across the UK. The first Hop will feature “up to…

A limited-edition gin created for a Welsh football club owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney is now on sale across several Morrisons stores in Wales. Aviation American Gin Away Edition was created to celebrate Wrexham AFC’s new away game shirt.  The gin is now available at nine Morrisons stores in North Wales: Wrexham, Colwyn Bay, Newton, Connah’s Quay, Denbigh, Caernarfon, Bangor, Saltney…