Store closures: Morrisons to close 17 shops and 52 cafes in major shake up - full breakdown here

Patrick O'Donnell

By Patrick O'Donnell

Published: 24/03/2025

- 12:29

Updated: 24/03/2025

- 13:42

Morrisons has announced plans to shut down 17 stores and 52 cafés in a major overhaul to the supermarket chain's business model.

This comes amid the ongoing trend of store closures, which has decimated the UK's high streets and retail parks in recent years.

As part of a review into the business, Morrisons discovered a number of areas where the costs of operations are "significantly out of line with usage, volumes or the value that customers place on them".

In the wake of this review, the supermarket giant is making multiple changes, including closing 52 Cafés, all 18 Market Kitchens, 17 Convenience stores, 13 florists, 35 meat counters, 35 fish counters and four pharmacies.

According to Morrisons, there will be a total of around 365 jobs at the supermarket chain that will be at risk of redundancy due to this overhaul.

Rami Baitiéh, the chief executive of Morrisons, broke down the company's "regret" over having to make this dramatic business decision.

Baitiéh said: "The changes we are announcing today are a necessary part of our plans to renew and reinvigorate Morrisons and enable us to focus our investment into the areas that customers really value and that can play a full part in our growth.

"Morrisons Cafés are rightly famous for their great quality well-priced food, their place in the local community and their appealing mix of traditional favourites alongside exciting new dishes. 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.

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He added: "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."

"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."

Here is a full list of the Morrisons Cafés earmarked for closure:

Here is a full list of Morrisons Daily convenience stores earmarked for closure:

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

Here is a full list of Morrisons Market Kitchens earmarked for closure:

Aberdeen King Street
London - Canning Town
London Camden Town
Eccles Irwell Place
Stoke Festival Park
Lincoln Triton Road
Tynemouth Preston Grange
Nottingham Netherfield
Leeds Kirkstall
Milton Keynes Westcroft
Little Clacton Centenary Way
Gravesend Coldharbour Rd
Cheltenham Up Hatherley
Basingstoke Thorneycroft
Brentford Waterside
Edgbaston
Verwood
Kirkby

Here is a full list of the Morrisons florists earmarked for closure:

Aberdeen King Street
London - Canning Town
Stirchley
Bradford Enterprise 5
Sunderland Doxford Park
St Helens Boundary Road
Swinton Swinton Hall Rd
Sheffield Meadowhead
Evesham Four Pool Estate
Newcastle Under Lyme - Goose St
Rubery Bristol Road South
St Albans Hatfield Rd
Sheldon

Here is a full list of the Morrisons pharmacies earmarked for closure:

Bradford Victoria
Blackburn Railway Road
London Wood Green
Birmingham Small Heath

According to the latest research from PwC, around 35 stores in the UK closed their doors for good per day in 2024 amid a challenging business environment.

The financial services firm reported that 12,804 retail stores, leisure venues and service outlets shut down for good last year amid ongoing concern over the direction of the economy.

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Chief executive Rami Baitiéh described the store closures move as "regrettable"

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Despite this trend, Jacqueline Windsor, the head of retail at PwC UK, shared a positive perspective on the findings.

"Our latest store openings and closures insights indicate a cautious optimism for the retail sector," she explained.

"This creates opportunities for stakeholders to seize momentum and unlock growth by tackling market challenges and capitalising on evolving consumer behaviours."

GB News has contacted Morrisons for comment.