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Paper 2: Business activities, decisions and strategy
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Monday 19 June 2017 – Morning Paper Reference

Time: 2 hours 9BS0/02
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Morrisons’ mission statement
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We like to think there’s more to Morrisons than just numbers. We’re proud to be a
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business that still believes in values: human, ethical, and ecological.
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Fresh attitudes and firm principles help make us what we are. Plenty of companies write
mission statements, but at Morrisons the words mean something. We’re one team all 5
sharing the same vision, committed to pulling together, whilst respecting the differences
that make each person different and special.
(Source: adapted from http://www.morrisonsgraduates.com/why-morrisons/our-values)

Extract B

Selected information from Morrisons’ 2015 Annual Report


2015 2014
(£m) (£m)

Current assets: Inventory (stock) 658 852

Debtors 239 316

Cash 241 261

Total current assets 1138 1429

Total current liabilities 2273 2873

Pre-tax profit 217 792

(Source: adapted from http://www.morrisons-corporate.com/ar2015/
pdf/Morrisons_AR_2014_Financial_statements.pdf )




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Morrisons 11.0

The Co-operative food 5.9

Waitrose 5.2

Lidl 4.3

Aldi 5.6

Iceland 2.2

Others 5.0

(Source: adapted from http://www.kantarworldpanel.com/en/
grocery-market-share/great-britain)

Changes in supermarket market share in 2015

Tesco -1.7%
Asda -3%
Sainsbury’s 1.1%
Morrisons -1%
The Co-operative food 1%
Waitrose 2.1%
Aldi
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Lidl
17.9%
Iceland 3.2%
(Source: adapted from http://www.cityam.com/226919/
trouble-for-the-big-four-as-aldi-and-lidl-growth-speeds-up-again-)





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