which morrisons stores are closing?
Retail giant Morrisons has announced it will shut down 132 McColl’s stores.
The supermarket took over the small convenience store chain earlier this year, saving McColl’s from collapse. Since then, 286 stores UK-wide have been transformed into Morrisons Daily shops.
which morrisons stores are closing?
Around 1,300 McColl’s workers are at risk of redundancy as part of proposals to shut 132 loss-making stores.
Morrisons, which rescued the convenience chain from administration earlier this year, confirmed the news this afternoon.
Joseph Sutton, the company’s convenience, online and wholesale director, said he felt ‘regret’ at the proposed decision to close struggling stores.
He said: ‘We very much regret the proposed closure of 132 loss-making stores but it is, very sadly, an important step towards the regeneration of the business.