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Morrisons (LSE: MRW) Holiday Trading Update: Wholesale Drives Growth; Retail Sales Impacted by Uncertainty

£700 million of annualized wholesale supply sales expected ahead of initial end-2018 guidance.
£1billion of annualized wholesale sales expected “in due course.”
Further £4 million of incremental profit from wholesale, services, interest and online.
In the second half, management expects lower costs of both Morrisons.com expansion and accelerated wholesale supply.
Net debt will remain at a low level, consistent with the company’s capital discipline and the principles of capital allocation.

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Morrisons (LSE: MRW) FY17 Results: Ongoing Improvement in Sales and Profitability Trends

The UK’s fourth-largest grocery retailer, Morrisons, reported FY17 revenues were up 1.2% year over year and that comparable store saleswere up 1.7%. Comps rose by 2.5% in 4Q17, representing a sequential quarterly improvement. This was the fifth consecutive quarter of positive underlying growth and marked the first fiscal year of positive comps since FY12.

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