Morrisons has announced the impending closure of over 100 sites, including convenience stores, cafés, in-store service counters and other non-core operations, as part of a sweeping review aimed at cutting costs and refocusing investment.
The UK supermarket chain said the moves come after it identified “areas where the costs of operations are significantly out of line with usage, volumes or the value that customers place on them.”
In a statement, CEO Rami Baitiéh described the closures as 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.”
Among the sites earmarked for closure are:
- 17 stores (operating under the Morrisons Daily format)
- 51 cafés across the UK
- All 18 of its Market Kitchen hot-food counters
- 13 florists and 4 in-store pharmacies
- Multiple meat and fish counters (35 each)
The chain has warned that the closures will affect hundreds of roles, with some employees being redeployed elsewhere within the business while others face redundancy.
Morrisons’ decision comes amid mounting cost pressures in the retail sector — including rising wages, business rates and operational expenses — which have made some store formats or service counters less viable.
Full list of Morrisons cafes closing in 2025
- Banchory, North Deeside Road, Aberdeenshire
- Bathgate, West Lothian
- Bellshill, John Street, North Lanarkshire
- Blackburn, Railway Road, Lancashire
- Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
- Bradford, Thornbury, West Yorkshire
- Brecon, Free Street, Powys, Wales
- Bromsgrove, Buntsford Industrial Park, Worcestershire
- Caernarfon, North Road, Gwynedd, Wales
- Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales
- Crowborough, East Sussex
- Dumbarton, Glasgow Road, West Dunbartonshire
- East Kilbride (Lindsayfield), South Lanarkshire
- East Kilbride (Stewartfield), South Lanarkshire
- Elland, West Yorkshire
- Erskine, Bridgewater Shopping Centre, Renfrewshire
- Failsworth, Poplar Street, Greater Manchester
- Glasgow (Newlands), Glasgow City
- Gloucester, Metz Way, Gloucestershire
- Gorleston, Blackwell Road, Norfolk
- Hadleigh, Suffolk/Essex
- Helensburgh, Argyll & Bute
- High Wycombe, Temple End, Buckinghamshire
- Kirkham, Poulton Street, Lancashire
- Largs, Irvine Road, North Ayrshire
- Leeds (Horsforth), West Yorkshire
- Leeds (Swinnow Road), West Yorkshire
- Leighton Buzzard, Lake Street, Bedfordshire
- Littlehampton (Wick), West Sussex
- London (Erith), Greater London
- London (Harrow, Hatch End), Greater London
- London (Queensbury), Greater London
- London (Stratford), Greater London
- London (Wood Green), Greater London
- Lutterworth, Bitteswell Road, Leicestershire
- Mansfield (Woodhouse), Nottinghamshire
- Newcastle upon Tyne (Cowgate), Tyne & Wear
- Northampton, Kettering Road, Northamptonshire
- Oxted, Station Yard, Surrey
- Paisley, Falside Road, Renfrewshire
- Portsmouth, Hampshire
- Reigate, Bell Street, Surrey
- Sidcup, Westwood Lane, Greater London
- Solihull, Warwick Road, West Midlands
- Stirchley, West Midlands
- Troon, Academy Street, South Ayrshire
- Warminster, Weymouth Street, Wiltshire
- Watford, Ascot Road, Hertfordshire
- Welwyn Garden City, Black Fan Road, Hertfordshire
- Weybridge, Monument Hill, Surrey
- Wishaw, Kirk Road, North Lanarkshire
For customers, the closures may signal the end of some full-service offerings in certain stores; Morrisons has said it plans to replace some of the shuttered cafés or counters by working with third-party specialist providers where appropriate.
The company emphasises that while the number of closures is substantial, the changes are “relatively small in the context of the overall scale” of its business, which operates hundreds of supermarkets and convenience outlets across the UK.
Footfall in the affected sites is likely below the threshold required to sustain the full-service model, which has prompted Morrisons to close the less profitable units. Many of these locations have struggled to attract sufficient customer numbers to justify the cost of operating cafés, counters, and other non-core services.
Shoppers may notice changes in store layouts, with more streamlined spaces and fewer front-of-store service counters. In some cases, the vacated areas could be repurposed for alternative retail formats or used to enhance the main supermarket offering.
Overall, Morrisons appears to be placing greater emphasis on its core supermarket business. The company is focusing on strengthening digital services, discount offers, and key product ranges, rather than maintaining large in-store service operations that are increasingly costly and underused.
