A MAP has revealed where 16 Morrisons stores are set to close today as part of a country-wide reshuffle.
Thebeloved budget supermarket will be scrapping in a cost-cutting shake-up.
last month and said they are “not taking the decision lightly”.
The supermarket giant said in a statement: “has made the difficult decision to close some stores…
“We fully recognise the inconvenience this will cause for our customersandapologise for the short notification.”
Theare part of cost-cutting and restructuring plans that also include shutting down dozens of in-store services such as cafes, florists, Market Kitchens, and meat and fish counters.
Here is the full list ofMorrisons Dailystores closing today:
- Lowestoft Road, Gorleston
- 3-5 Old Town, Peebles
- 214 Hutton Road, Shenfield
- Waterloo Estate, Poole
- Higham Lane Estate, Tonbridge
- The Cornmarket, Romsey
- Lainshaw Street, Stewarton
- Featherbed Lane, Selsdon
- Queslett Road, Great Barr
- Oakfield Road, Whickham
- Queensway, Worle
- Strand Parade, Goring-By-Sea
- Westfield Road, Woking
- 40 Peach Street, Wokingham
- 51 Sidwell Street, Exeter
- Moorland Road, Bath
An additional convenience store on The Village, Haxby is set to close on May 14.
Some of the stores set to close house– sparking fury among locals who will now have to travel further for postal services.
But Morrisons said: “We have reviewedprovision in these areas and for most of these affected branches we are advertising the vacancies.”
This comes after the supermarket chain axed 11 Post Offices earlier this month.
Here's a list of the Post Offices which have already closed:
- Pheasey Post Office, Birmingham – April 9
- Fellside Post Office, Whickham – April 9
- Waterloo Estate Post Office, Poole – April 10
- Shenfield Broadway Post Office, Brentwood – April 13
- Moorfields Post Office, Bath – April 13
- Stewarton Post Office, Kilmarnock – April 13
- Queensway Post Office, Weston-Super-Mare – April 13
- Sidwell Street Post Office, Exeter – April 14
- Higham Wood Post Office, Tonbridge – April 14
- Haxby Post Office, York – April 14
- Crossways Post Office, Croydon – April 15
MAJOR SHAKE-UP FOR MORRISONS
The closures come as part of a wider shake-up across Morrisons stores.
In an announcement last month, the retailer confirmed it would be shutting down 18 of its Market Kitchens, along with 13 florist stations, 35 meat counters, 35 fish counters, and four pharmacy units.
And 365 employees now face potential redundancy as a result of the changes.
The decision to is expected to hit hard for budget-conscious families as Morrisons cafes have offered £5 meal deals for pensioners and provided free fruit and breakfast cereal for children during school.
But Chief executive Rami Baitiéh insisted that the closures would “reinvigorate”; the company and allowto be invested in other areas.
He added: “In most locations the Morrisons Café has a bright, but a minority have specific local challenges and in those locations, regrettably, closure and re-allocation of the space is the only sensible option.”
RETAIL STRUGGLES
The big shake-up comes just months after Baitiéh.
Baitiéh took over as chief executive of the supermarket in November 2023 with the hope of salvaging Morrison's declining sales.
Beginning this month businesses will pay a higher rate of NICs of 15 per cent, from 13.8 per cent.
It is believed the cost fromchanges alone will hitby around £75million.
Baitieh previously told Flying Eze he had urged Labour to consider the combined wall of costs retailers face.
He said: “The Nationalchange adds insult to injury. The problem is that it’s an avalanche of costs that is coming all at once.
“So I have asked them, can we not defer some of it or go step by step, like a doctor would do — raising the dose with seven pills over seven days.”
Plenty of other retailers are closing stores across the high street as households lean more towards online shopping and amid high rates.
Soaring in recent years has also dented shoppers' pockets.
The Centre forResearch's latest analysis suggests 13,479 stores, the equivalent of 37 each day, shut for good in 2024.
Of those, 11,341 were independent shops while 2,138 were shut by larger retailers.
The data also showed over half the stores that closed last year were shut due to the store or retailer going through debt.
