Tag: Morrisons

Morrisons becomes first supermarket to install male sanitary bins nationwide as ‘bog standard’

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons has announced the nationwide installation of male sanitary bins in customer toilets across all its stores, becoming the first supermarket to meet ‘The Bog Standard’ guidelines. A hallmark of good practice, The Bog Standard is a set of guidelines designed by phs Group and Prostate Cancer UK to educate organisations on providing essential support for men with incontinence, including many who have undergone life-saving prostate cancer treatment. Morrisons embarked on the rollout following customer feedback, alongside its broader commitment to continuously improving accessibility and inclusive facilities for all customers.…

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Morrisons becomes first UK supermarket to make all its accessible bathrooms stoma friendly

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons is proud to announce all accessible toilets in its supermarkets, across England, Scotland and Wales are now stoma-friendly. The initiative aims to support independence, dignity and comfort for people living with a stoma and has been rolled out following customer feedback.  Morrisons stoma-friendly toilets include features advised by Colostomy UK such as hooks for clothing or bags, a shelf for supplies, a bin for discreet disposal, and a mirror to help with appliance checks. Morrisons worked with Member of Scottish Parliament and advocate for the stoma community, Edward Mountain…

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Morrisons Backs British Farming With £1.6 Billion Commitment For 2026

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons is committing over £1.6 billion to British agriculture and food production in 2026, underlining its position as British farming’s single biggest direct supermarket customer. The commitment will continue to support a series of multi-year partnerships with farmers supplying Morrisons with fruit and vegetables, meat, fish, dairy and eggs, extending Morrisons 127 year relationship with British farming and providing farmers with the confidence and stability needed to plan and invest for their future.  Morrisons works with its farmers in a partnership approach, with terms of trade between the parties governed…

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Morrisons strengthens climate commitment with new SBTi-validation and expands scope of net zero targets

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons has announced a significant strengthening of its climate commitments, with a new set of near and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets that have been formally approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Morrisons new 2050 net zero target covers the entire value chain including emissions from agriculture and land use sources. The targets align with global best practice under the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C pathway. As part of its revised science-based pathway, Morrisons has committed to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 80% by 2035, and by…

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Supermarkets playing with fire on future of food, says WWF

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s broken food system is causing environmental collapse and creating volatility in supply and price, according to a report by WWF released recently.     Drawing on data from 10 retailers (Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Lidl GB, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose), 2025’s What’s in Store for the Planet report assesses the progress on environmental action of 90% of the UK grocery market and concludes that action on reducing environmental risks is stagnating.   It warns that without decisive action environmental impacts will escalate, threatening food security and…

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