Eight other stores received good and very good ratings
20:34, 15 Aug 2025Updated 21:24, 15 Aug 2025
File photo dated 19/06/20 of Morrisons supermarket signage(Image: Mike Egerton/PA Wire)
A Thornbury Morrisons store has been told it must make immediate, drastic improvements after receiving a food hygiene score of zero.
Following an inspection, the Morrisons Daily store in Thornbury was graded with a score of zero out of a possible five.
The store on Oakleaze Road is required to urgently address food safety issues.
The Food Standards Agency inspection (which can be found here) found that only one area, cleanliness and conditions of facilities and building, received a ‘good’ score.
Hygienic food handling and management of food safety were deemed to need improvement after a food safety officer visited the site.
The management of food safety was found to need urgent and immediate action.
The report found that the standard of checks in place to ensure food that is served or sold is safe to eat need to be improved.
It also found that there was little evidence staff knew about food safety and the food safety officer did not have confidence that high standards will be maintained.
Hygienic food handling, including food preparation, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storage was also found to need improvement.
Bristol Morrisons rating:
Morrisons Daily, Beach Road: 5Morrison Daily, Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury: 5Morrisons Daily, Clifton Parade: 5Morrison Daily, Abbotswood: 5Morrisons Daily, Westcourt Drive: 5Morrisons Daily, Cranleigh Court: 4The Morrisons Daily, Filton Avenue: 4Morrisons Daily, Oakleaze Road: 0WM Morrisons, Station Road: 5
Morrisons Daily in Thornbury was last inspected on October 25, 2024.
It comes as a Telegraph report highlights that dozens of Morrisons stores have failed food hygiene inspections.
A Morrisons spokesman said: “The food safety within our supermarkets, convenience and franchise operated stores is really important to us. We have taken immediate action to address and resolve all the issues raised – including in our recently expanded estate. We are awaiting re-rating inspections in a number of stores”.
Local businesses are regularly inspected by local authorities across the region to ensure food hygiene is kept at a high standard.
Councils across England support the national Food Hygiene Rating Scheme which is designed to help consumers choose where to eat out or shop for food by giving them information about hygiene standards.
Food safety inspectors decide their ratings based on a number of factors, including whether food is handled hygienically and if it is safe to eat.
The food safety inspectors also track if buildings have enough hand washing facilities and if pest control measures to enough to maintain good food hygiene.
These inspections typically take place at least every two years.