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Emblematic is Hine’s luminous picture of a young girl — called a spinner — at North Carolina’s Whitnel Cotton Mfg.

The supermarket said the proposed deal would also see it take a minority stake of about 20% in MFG.

As part of the agreement, MFG is set to take on the Morrisons forecourts - including the fuel and retail operations - as well as more than 400 EV charging sites.

As MFG operates a slightly different model to Morrisons, where staff are employed by a franchise holder, employees will be given a new position on the same pay and employment terms, they said.

MFG - which has 900 sites in the UK - has said it wants to roll out 800 ultra-rapid EV chargers across the UK estate within the first five years after the deal.