page_title: Morrisons
section_title: Distribution
hierarchical_section_title: Morrisons / Distribution
caption_attribution_description: English: Not that way, Eddie! Eddie Stobart's driver didn't see or didn't understand the sign by the southbound A38 saying that there is no access to the Morrisons distribution centre from the A38; you need the A39 northeast out of the town.
context_page_description: Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc, trading as Morrisons, is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, and is headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
  Founded in 1899 by William Morrison, hence the abbreviation Wm Morrison, it began as an egg and butter stall in Rawson Market, Bradford, England. Until 2004, Morrisons store locations were primarily focused in the North of England, but with the takeover of Safeway in that year, the company's presence increased significantly in the South of England, Wales and Scotland. As of 2016 the company had 498 superstores across England, Wales and Scotland, as well as one in Gibraltar.
  As of April 2019, Morrisons employed 110,000 employees, and served around 11 million customers each week.
  Morrisons' market share in August 2017 was 10.14%, down 0.86% from 2015—behind Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda but ahead of Aldi.
  The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies.
context_section_description: In 2005, Morrisons purchased part of the collapsed Rathbones Bakeries, which supplied Morrisons bread, for £15.5 million.
  In 2007, Morrisons opened a new Distribution Centre in Swindon and announced that it had bought a new site on Junction 23 of the M5 in Bridgwater in Somerset, for redevelopment as a fresh produce packing facility.
  In 2011, Morrisons opened a new 767,500 sq/foot distribution centre in Bridgwater as part of the £11 million redevelopment project. This project also created 1,200 new jobs. Following the opening of the new distribution centre the Swindon depot was no longer required, and it was closed in December 2011.
caption: Morrisons distribution centre, Bridgwater, Somerset
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