Coronavirus: Morrisons’ rising sales offset by weak Easter trading

// Morrisons Q1 sales rise 5.7% during the 14-week period from February 3 to May 10
// Sales rise was offset by the difficult Easter periodMorrisons has seen its sales during the first quarter rise despite a worse than expected Easter period thanks to the coronavirus lockdown.
The Big 4 grocer said like for like sales excluding fuel were up 5.7 per cent – with retail sales up 5.1 per cent and wholesale 0.6 per cent during the 14-week period from February 3 to May 10.
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