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Morrisons to close 54 cafes in UK - full list

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Supermarket chain Morrisons will close more than 50 of its in-store cafes and a number of Morrisons Daily convenience stores across the UK, as part of a restructuring programme that will see over 3,600 jobs lost in the latest blow to the British high street.

The move comes as the retailer reports a return to profit for the first time since its 2021 private equity takeover, posting £2.1 billion pre-tax profit for the year ending October 27, 2024, compared to losses of £919 million the year before and £1.3 billion the year prior to that. A large part of that profit, £2.6 billion, was generated from the sale of its petrol forecourts to Motor Fuel Group.

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While the forecourt sale accounted for much of the profit rebound, Morrisons' underlying performance also improved, with losses in continuing operations halving to £538 million from £1.09 billion.

The chain recorded a 3.9% rise in like-for-like sales and a 4.2% increase in total sales to £3.9 billion in the second quarter of its current financial year.

However, newly filed accounts at Companies House reveal the company has reduced its workforce from 104,819 to 101,144, with store staff, manufacturing, distribution, and head office roles all affected.

Chief Executive Rami Baitieh said the focus remained on providing value to customers during a challenging economic climate marked by inflation and subdued consumer spending.

Earlier this year, Morrisons confirmed it would shut 17 Morrisons Daily stores, with the final outlet in Haxby, North Yorkshire, closing on 14 May. It has also now confirmed the closure of more than 50 in-store cafés.

The closures are part of wider cost-cutting measures seen across the supermarket sector. Aldi, Tesco, and Sainsbury's have all announced job losses in recent months, with Sainsbury's also shutting all of its in-store cafés.

Morrisons Cafe Closures
  • Bradford Thornbury

  • Paisley Falside Road

  • London Queensbury

  • Portsmouth

  • Great Park

  • Banchory North Deeside Road

  • Failsworth Poplar Street

  • Blackburn Railway Road

  • Leeds Swinnow Road

  • London Wood Green

  • Kirkham Poulton Street

  • Lutterworth Bitteswell Road

  • Stirchley

  • Leeds Horsforth

  • London Erith

  • Crowborough

  • Bellshill John Street

  • Dumbarton Glasgow Road

  • East Kilbride Lindsayfield

  • East Kilbride Stewartfield

  • Glasgow Newlands

  • Largs Irvine Road

  • Troon Academy Street

  • Wishaw Kirk Road

  • Newcastle UT Cowgate

  • Northampton Kettering Road

  • Bromsgrove Buntsford Industrial Park

  • Solihull Warwick Road

  • Brecon Free Street

  • Caernarfon North Road

  • Hadleigh

  • London Harrow Hatch End

  • High Wycombe Temple End

  • Leighton Buzzard Lake Street

  • London Stratford

  • Sidcup Westwood Lane

  • Welwyn Garden City Black Fan Road

  • Warminster Weymouth Street

  • Oxted Station Yard

  • Reigate Bell Street

  • Borehamwood

  • Weybridge Monument Hill

  • Bathgate

  • Erskine Bridgewater Shopping Centre

  • Gorleston Blackwell Road

  • Connah's Quay

  • Mansfield Woodhouse

  • Elland

  • Gloucester Metz Way

  • Watford Ascot Road

  • Littlehampton Wick

  • Helensburgh

  • Morrisons Daily Store Closures
  • Bath Moorland Road

  • Exeter Sidwell Street

  • Goring-By-Sea Strand Parade

  • Gorleston Lowestoft Road

  • Great Barr Queslett Road

  • Haxby Village

  • Peebles Old Town

  • Poole Waterloo Estate

  • Romsey The Cornmarket

  • Selsdon Featherbed Lane

  • Shenfield Hutton Road

  • Stewarton Lainshaw Street

  • Tonbridge Higham Lane

  • Whickham Oakfield Road

  • Woking Westfield Road

  • Wokingham Peach Street

  • Worle

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