Morrisons daily store closures are under way after the company identified former McColl’s shops for shutdown over the next few months. The plan covers 100 Morrisons Daily branches and affects hundreds of jobs.
The company has now confirmed some of the branches it is planning to close, and some have already shut. Morrisons said the stores were challenged for a number of years and remained loss-making despite remedial action.
Morrisons Daily and McColl’s
The shops marked for closure are former McColl’s outlets acquired by Morrisons in 2022. That makes the closures part of a wider review of company-owned convenience stores, not a single local adjustment. Morrisons has around 1,700 convenience stores and 500 supermarkets, and employs around 95,000 people.
The scale matters for staff and for regular customers who rely on these smaller branches for day-to-day shopping. The company has said the affected stores are among the most challenged loss-makers, which is why they have been singled out first.
Woodley and Crown Wood
Some closures are expected to reach Post Office branches inside Morrisons Daily shops. The Post Office branches in Woodley and Crown Wood are expected to close, adding another layer to the shutdowns for anyone using those sites for both shopping and postal services.
For readers whose local Morrisons Daily is on the list, the immediate takeaway is simple: the closure programme is already moving, and some branches have already shut. The practical next step is to check whether a nearby branch sits among the stores Morrisons has identified, because the company has started from the weakest sites rather than waiting to act store by store.
Hundreds of jobs
Hundreds of jobs are tied to the closures, even though Morrisons has not given a precise figure. Morrisons has also shut cafes, florists and fresh food counters in the past year, showing the company is trimming parts of its store estate while keeping the main convenience format in place.
For affected workers and customers, the important fact is that this is not a one-off closure. It is a rolling programme across the next few months, and the stores already named are only part of the 100-shop plan.
