Morrisons fares better than feared in fierce market

Customers at supermarket chain Morrisons are watching the pennies, bringing like-for-like sales growth grinding to a halt, but the group still managed to grow underlying profits.

Customers at supermarket chain Morrisons are watching the pennies, bringing like-for-like sales growth grinding to a halt, but the group still managed to grow underlying profits.

In the half-year to July 29th the supermarket leviathan saw sales rise 2.3% to £8.9bn from £8.7bn at the interim stage last year, bang in line with the forecast by Charles Stanley. Total store sales increased by 1.3% including a contribution from new space of 2.2%.

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