Morrisons added half a million new customers every week during its first quarter, says chief executive Mark Bolland, in the retailers’s interim management statement.
The retailer saw sales excluding fuel rise by 9.2 per cent in the 13 weeks to 3 May, compared to the same period last year. Including fuel, sales rose by 5.7 per cent. Like-for-like growth was 8.2 per cent excluding fuel and 5 per cent with.