Map reveals the 69 Morrisons stores and cafes set to close their doors as part of huge shake-up

A MAP has revealed where 69 Morrisons stores and cafes are set to close as part of as part of a country-wide reshuffle.

The beloved budget supermarket will be scrapping 52 cafes and 17 stores in a cost-cutting shake-up.

Morrisons said they are “not taking the decision lightly” as 365 staff members are plunged into potential redundancy.

As well as stores and cafes, certain services are set to close with 18 Market Kitchens, 13 florists, 35 meat counters, 35 fish counters and four pharmacies also getting the axe.

Rami Baitiéh, chief executive ofMorrisons, said the plans announced yesterday would “reinvigorate” the chainand create opportunities for it to invest in other areas of thebusiness.

He said: “In most locations, the Morrisons Café has a bright future, but a minority have specific local challenges and in those locations, regrettably, closure and re-allocation of the space is the only sensible option.

“Market Street is a beacon of differentiation for Morrisons and we remain committed to it.

“But as we modernise we are making some necessary changes to the areas of the model which are simply uneconomic.

“In some stores where we are closing counters or Cafés, we plan to work with third parties to provide a relevant specialist offer.”

The top boss said he's aware of the disruption that will be caused by the closures and claimed the brand will “look after” them during the restructuring.

He continued: “Although these changes are relatively small in the context of the overall scale of the Morrisons business, we do not take lightly the disruption and uncertainty they will cause to some of our colleagues.

“We will of course take particular care to look after all of them well through the coming changes.”

This is the full list of cafes that will close:

• Bradford Thornbury
• Paisley Falside Rd
• London Queensbury
• Portsmouth Great Park
• Banchory North Deeside Rd
• Failsworth Poplar Street
• Blackburn Railway Road
• Leeds Swinnow Rd
• London Wood Green
• Kirkham Poulton St
• Lutterworth Bitteswell Rd
• Stirchley
• Leeds Horsforth
• London Erith
• Crowborough
• Bellshill John St
• Dumbarton Glasgow Rd
• East Kilbride Lindsayfield
• East Kilbride Stewartfield
• Glasgow Newlands
• Largs Irvine Rd
• Troon Academy St
• Wishaw Kirk Rd
• Newcastle UT Cowgate
• Northampton Kettering Road
• Bromsgrove Buntsford Ind Pk
• Solihull Warwick Rd
• Brecon Free St
• Caernarfon North Rd
• Hadleigh
• London – Harrow – Hatch End
• High Wycombe Temple End
• Leighton Buzzard Lake St
• London Stratford
• Sidcup Westwood Lane
• Welwyn Garden City Black Fan Rd
• Warminster Weymouth St
• Oxted Station Yard
• Reigate Bell St
• Borehamwood
• Weybridge – Monument Hill
• Bathgate
• Erskine Bridgewater SC
• Gorleston Blackwell Road
• Connah's Quay
• Mansfield Woodhouse
• Elland
• Gloucester – Metz Way
• Watford – Ascot Road
• Littlehampton – Wick
• Helensburgh

This is the full list of Morrisons Daily convenience stores that will close:

• Gorleston Lowestoft Road
• Peebles 3-5 Old Town
• Shenfield 214 Hutton Road
• Poole Waterloo Estate
• Tonbridge Higham Lane Est
• Romsey The Cornmarket
• Stewarton Lainshaw Street
• Selsdon Featherbed Lane
• Haxby Village
• Great Barr Queslett R
• Whickham Oakfield Road
• Worle
• Goring-By-Sea Strand Para
• Woking Westfield Road
• Wokingham 40 Peach Street
• Exeter 51 Sidwell Street
• Bath Moorland Road

The big shake-up from Morrisons comes just months after Mr Baitiéhslammed the upcoming hikes to employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and national minimum wage.

Baitiéh took over as chief executive of the supermarket in November 2023 with the hope to salvage Morrison's declining sales and dropping market shares.

He told Flying Eze he had urged Labour to consider the combined wall of costs retailers face.

From next month, businesses will pay a higher rate of NICs of 15 per cent, from 13.8 per cent.

It is believed the cost solely fromNational Insurancechanges will hitMorrisonsby around £75million.

Mr Baitieh said: “The National Insurance change 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 business rates.

Soaring inflation in recent years has also dented shoppers' pockets.

The Centre forRetailResearch'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.