The ex-chairman of Morrisons, Sir Ken Morrison, has attacked its current chief executive Dalton Philips following the company’s recent fall in sales.

Sir Ken likened Mr Philips’ plans for the future of the chain to the excrement produced by his herd of cattle.
Commenting on the 7.1% drop in sales at the chain, Sir Ken said: “The results were described by the chairman and chief executive as 'disappointing'. I personally thought they were disastrous.

"When I left work and started working as a hobby, I chose to raise cattle. I have something like 1,000 bullocks and, having listened to your presentation, Dalton, you've got a lot more bull***t than me."

Mr Philips’ plans to transform the chain include bringing internal systems up to date and pointed out that, when he joined the business four years ago, the company was still using pen and paper methods to check the stock and was manually counting cash in stores at the close of business.