Morrison Supermarkets (Morrisons) is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies. Morrisons' market share as of January 2008 is at 11.4%, making it the smallest of the "Big Four" supermarkets, behind Tesco (31.5%), ASDA (16.8%) and Sainsbury's (15.9%), but far ahead of the fifth place Co-operative Group, which has a share of 4.4%.
Founded in 1899 by William Morrison in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, Morrisons was for many years focused in the north of England. With the takeover of Safeway in 2004, the company expanded southwards, and now has a total of 382 superstores across the UK.
The Morrison family currently own around 15.5% of the company.
