Bristol’s 18 McColl’s convenience stores will be taken over by Morrisons after the supermarket chain won a battle with a rival bidder to buy the ailing chain.
Morrisons have said they will guarantee to keep all the stores open and retain all the staff - and pay workers at least £10 an hour. It appears increasingly likely that all the McColl’s across the city, and the rest of the country, will convert - as seven in Bristol have already - to Morrisons Daily stores, with the McColl’s name being lost to the high street forever.
Morrisons beat off a rival offer from petrol station empire EG Group with McColl’s administrators opting for Morrisons because of its close links to McColl’s already.
