9. Morrisons’ boss thanks ‘food makers’, as profits rise
In ninth, Morrisons’ chief executive David Potts thanked the retailer’s “food makers”, after the business reported rising like-for-like sales and profits in first-half results posted on September 15.
Registering the third consecutive quarter of growth, like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT, climbed by 2% in three months to July 31 2016. Over the first half of the year, like-for-like sales were up by 1.4%.