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The company was founded in June 1899 by William Morrison, who started the business as an egg and butter merchant in Rawson Market, Bradford, England, operating under the name of Wm Morrison Limited. [14] His son Ken Morrison took over the company in 1952, aged 21. In 1958, Morrisons opened a small shop in the city centre. [14]
The Night Watch as it hung in the Trippenhuis in 1885, by August Jernberg. The Night Watch first hung in the Groote Zaal (Great Hall) of Amsterdam's Kloveniersdoelen. This structure currently houses the Doelen Hotel. In 1715, the painting was moved to the Amsterdam Town Hall, for which it was trimmed on all four sides.
Morrison's Cafeterias was a chain of cafeteria-style restaurants, located in the Southeastern United States with a concentration of locations in Georgia and Florida. Generally found in shopping malls , Morrison's primary competition was Piccadilly Cafeterias .
Anonymous, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Officieren en andere schutters van wijk II in Amsterdam onder leiding van kapitein Frans Banninck Cocq (Cock) en luitenant Willem van Ruytenburgh, bekend als de ‘Nachtwacht’, 1642, height: 379.5 cm (12.4 ft); width: 453.5 cm (14.8 ft)
Morrisons later recovered its financial performance and in September 2006, it announced a £134.2m half-year pre-tax profit for the 25 weeks to 23 July 2006. This was a company record, and convinced City commentators that Morrisons had recovered. Morrison was the longest serving chairman of a top 100 public company in the UK. [citation needed]
By 1985, the chain had grown to operate 35 locations and was a significant contributor to the renewed success of Morrison's. [13] Morrison Inc. was renamed Morrison Restaurants Inc. in 1992 to reflect the importance of its restaurant investments. Additionally, the company realigned its dining division with a new name, the Ruby Tuesday Group. [14]
In 1999 ISS acquired Abilis, the second largest European provider of cleaning and specialised services, in a DKK 3.6 billion acquisition, the Group’s largest ever. Abilis had about 50,000 employees and annual revenues of 5.2 billion DKK in 1998. The total number of employees in the Group reached 200,000 in 1999, doubling in just 10 years.
Night Watch, a 1990 novel by American writer Robin Wayne Bailey; Night Watch (Sigurðardóttir novel), a 1992 novel by Icelandic author Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir; The Night Watch, a 1997 novel by American-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author Sean Stewart; Night Watch (Lukyanenko novel), a 1998 fantasy novel by Russian author Sergei ...