Morrisons offers free water refills to customers at forecourts

At Morrisons petrol forecourt kiosks, customers will now be able to hand their reusable bottles to attendants who will fill them up for free, before sanitising them and returning them to the customer

Thirsty motorists will be able to refill their water bottles for free at every Morrisons petrol forecourt, including the ones in Rochdale and Heywood.

At Morrisons petrol forecourt kiosks, customers will now be able to hand their reusable bottles to attendants who will fill them up for free, before sanitising them and returning them to the customer.

The service will be available at all of Morrisons 338 filling stations nationwide and comes after a 12 week Morrisons trial in August 2020 where 18% fewer single-use water bottles were sold, in comparison to the same period the previous year.

Natasha Cook, sustainability manager at Morrisons, said: “When we listen to customers, it’s clear they want us to help them reduce the amount of single-use plastic they throw away.

“We know that customers often pick up a bottle of water when paying for petrol, so offering free water should be an effective way of reducing these single-use plastic bottles.”

The supermarket has already installed over 300 stand-alone water fountains in the Food-to-Go sections of its stores for customers to fill their bottles on-the-go. It was also one of the first to offer water refills in all of its cafe stores nationwide in 2018.