MORRISONS staff will see a £1,050 windfall this year as the supermarket promised to triple its bonuses as workers toil to keep up with a huge upswing in demand caused by the coronavirus.

All staff on the front line will get a 6% bonus on top of their earnings for the next 12 months – the equivalent of more than £1,000 for full-time employees.

Sick or self-isolating employees will also be paid the bonus, which will come in quarterly instalments, rather than in one big cheque at the end, Morrisons said.

Clare Grainger, Morrisons group people director, said: “Our highly valued colleagues have stood tall amidst the coronavirus pandemic, playing their full part in feeding the nation."

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“We want to thank every single one of them for their continued hard work during these unprecedented times by paying a much higher guaranteed bonus for the whole year in recognition of their effort.”

It follows promises by several other supermarkets to pay bonuses during the crisis, including M&S, who said they will give their workers as a 15 per cent rise.