Quote, unquote: just-food's week in words
By: just-food.com | 10 September 2010
This week there was a lot of interest in UK grocery retailer Morrisons' H1 results and the City debut of its new CEO Dalton Philips.
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This week there was a lot of interest in UK grocery retailer Morrisons' H1 results and the City debut of its new CEO Dalton Philips.

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