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Wm Morrison Supermarkets

Morrisons was founded by William Morrison in 1899, initially as an egg and butter merchant in Rawson Market, Bradford, England. His son, Sir Ken Morrison is chairman of the company.
From the early 1900s the company used the name Wm Morrison (Provisions) Limited. Sir Ken took over the company in 1952, aged 21. In 1958 it opened a small shop in the city centre, followed by its first supermarket "Victoria", in the Girlington district of Bradford in 1961. In 1967 it became a public limited company listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Official website:www.morrisons.co.uk