18th Aug 2014 10:33
LONDON (Alliance News) - Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC is set to extend the opening hours at 230 of its 490 stores Monday, according to a report by the Sunday Telegraph.
The stores will now be open from 06:00 to 23:00, resulting in 1,600 more opening hours a week.
Chief Executive Dalton Philips said stores "need to be open for longer" to meet the demands of "modern family life, flexible working hours and busy schedules."
Shares in the supermarket were trading 0.1% lower at 172.952 Monday morning.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/11039827/Morrisons-goes-after-dusk-and-dawn-shoppers.html
By Neil Thakrar; [email protected]
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