Retail giant Morrisons has announced it will shut down 132 McColl's stores.
The supermarket took over the small convenience store chain earlier this year, saving McColl's from collapse. Since then, 286 stores UK-wide have been transformed into Morrisons Daily shops.
But according to Morrisons, some McColl's stores have been "loss-making for quite some time" and that there is "no realistic prospect" of breaking even in the medium term. 132 stores could be closed down before the end of the year, putting 1,300 jobs at risk.
55 of these 132 stores include a Post Office. Because these are heavily relied on by the public, especially in the run-up to Christmas, Morrisons has decided to delay the closure of these 55 until next year.
McColl's was on the brink of collapse earlier this year, before Morrisons bought it over.
Before the convenience chain entered administration, there were plans in place to convert a total of 450 McColl’s stores to the Morrisons Daily format of which 286 have already been converted.
And after a detailed review of the McColl’s estate, Morrisons now plans to convert the majority of the McColl’s stores to Morrisons Dailys.
In a statement, Morrisons said: "McColl’s is a business of significant scale, with an annual turnover of c. £1.2 billion, representing around 0.8% of the UK grocery market.
"However, a number of McColl’s stores have been loss-making for some time and although some of these stores will be able to return to profitability over time, there are 132 stores where there is no realistic prospect of achieving a breakeven position in the medium term. The majority of these 132 stores will now be closed in an orderly fashion over the remainder of the year.
"Regrettably this means that around 1,300 McColl’s colleagues will be placed at risk of redundancy. Every affected colleague however will be offered alternative employment at a nearby McColl’s store, Morrisons store, logistics operation or foodmaking centre."
Here is the full list of store closures in Scotland.
McColl's shop closures in Scotland
- Dunfermline Kingsgate SC - KY12 7QA
- Glenrothes 24 North Street - KY7 5NA
- Dalkeith Jarnac Court - EH22 1HU
- Corstophine St John's Road - EH12 7XD*
- Dalgety Bay Regent Way - KY11 9YD*
- Fort William Glenloy Street - PH33 7DR*
- Kilwinning Main Street - KA13 6AA*
- Hamilton Cadzow Street - ML3 6EE*
- Bridge of Allan Fountain Road - FK9 4EX*
Helensburgh Churchill - G84 9HL*
McColl's shop closures in rest of UK
- Reading Broad Street - RG1 7QE
- Banbury High Street - OX16 5JE
- Chelmsford High St - CM1 1BE
- Bristol Cribbs Causeway - BS34 5GG
- High Peak Market Street - SK23 7LP
- Barking Faircross Parade - IG11 8UW
- Warrington Market Gate - WA1 2LJ
- Bridlington 47 West Street - YO15 3DZ
- Gateshead 8 Fewster Square - NE10 8XQ
- Billericay Grange Rd - CM11 2RB
- Urmston 354 Flixton Road - M41 5GW
- Wolverhampton Cannock Road - WV10 8PW
- Colchester The Centre - CO4 3PX
- Altrincham Hale - WA15 9SN
- Calverton St Wilfreds Sq - NG14 6FP
- Basingstoke North Tadley - RG26 4HD
- Greenford The Broadway - UB6 9PT
- Torquay The Strand - TQ1 2AA
- Plymouth Exeter Street - PL4 0NG
- Hazlemere Holmer Green Road - HP15 7LG
- Alford South Market Place - LN13 9EB
- Louth Eastgate - LN11 9QE
- Trowbridge Castle Place - BA14 8AL
- Harrogate - HG2 0AG
- Bath 6 Argyle Street - BA2 4BA
- St Helens - WA9 1PA
- Dorchester South Street - DT1 1DF
- Llanidloes Great Oak Street - SY18 6BW
- Darlington Yarm Road - DL1 1XL
- Thundersley Church Road - SS7 4EN
- Newport Ringlands Centre - NP19 9GY
- Southampton Woolston - SO19 9DY
- Sheffield - S8 0EX
- Stockport - SK5 6QU
- Rotherham Broom Valley Rd - S60 2QU
- Bath James Street West - BA1 2AG
- Bootle Fernhill Road - L20 9HH
- Leicester Blaby Western Dr - LE8 4FR
- Brinsworth Whitehill Lane - S60 5JP
- Stoke On Trent Trentham Rd - ST3 3DH
- Canvey Island - SS8 9JB
- Wellington 36 New Street - TF1 1NE
- Ellesmere Port - CH65 6PN
- Stockport - SK7 3PG
- Bacup Gladstone Street - OL13 9JZ
- Nottingham - NG8 2GB
- Thornton Anchorsholme Lane - FY5 3QL
- Weston Super Mare Locking - BS23 3LY
- Bradford - BD6 3EU
- Corsham - SN13 8NQ
- Torquay - Tq1 1HQ
- East Ham - E6 3RL
- Tranmere Old Chester Rd - CH42 3TD
- Gt Yarmouth The Boulevard - NR30 2BG
- Chapelhall - ML6 8SW
- Bletchley Queensway - MK2 2DW
- Doncaster 35 Cedar Avenue - S64 9RT
- Oldham - OL8 3BE
- Warrington Concorde Place - WA2 9NA
- Birkenhead - CH41 8EN
- Belgrade Plaza - CV1 4BF
- Rochdale Albert Royds - OL16 2UE
- Thorn King Edward Road - DN8 4DD
- Skegness Trunch Lane - PE24 5TU
- Nottingham - NG5 3AS
- Gloucester Churchdown - GL3 2BX
- Blackburn Openshaw Drive - BB1 8RH
- Longton Anchor Rd - ST3 5EP
- Warrington - WA5 2RX
- Nottingham - NG6 9BU
- Skegness Ingoldmells - PE25 1PG
- Chester Dicksons Drive - CG2 2BT
- Hull 104 Salthouse Road - HU8 9BH
- Withernsea Queen Street - HU19 2DJ
- Hatfield 12 High View - AL10 8HZ*
- Flitwick Station Square - MK45 1DP*
- Wrexham Ruabon New High St - LL14 6NL*
- Billingham Neasham Avenue - TS23 3QZ*
- Guildford Merrow Epsom Rd - GU1 2RE*
- Sunderland Hylton Castle - SR5 3PZ*
- Westbury High Street - BA13 3BW*
- Keele University - ST5 5BJ*
- Newbury Monument Close - RG14 6QJ*
- Chelmsford Moulsham Lodge - CM2 9LG*
- Darlington Whitby Way - DL3 9UH*
- Chester Elton Shopping Prct - CH2 4LU*
- Birkenhead Noctorum - CH43 9SE*
- Worsley Walkden Road - M28 7QH*
- Tunbridge Wells High Brooms - TN4 9BN*
- Cambridge Histon Road - CB4 3HL*
- Eye Church Street - IP23 7BD*
- Bourne End The Parade - SL8 5SB*
- Birkenhead King Street - CH42 2AJ*
- Normanby 33 High Street - TS6 0NH*
- Rawmarsh Kilnhurst Road - S62 5NE*
- Crewe Coleridge Way - CW1 5LE*
- Louth North Somercotes - LN11 7PL*
- Carlton Carlton Hill - NG4 1JE*
- Caldicot Newport Road - NP26 4LY*
- Ashington Meadowfield - NE63 9TR*
- Walsall Wood High Street - WS9 9LR*
- Hull Greenwood Avenue - HU6 9QA*
- Ipswich Stoke Park Drive - IP2 9TH*
- Doncaster Thorne Road - DN7 5BL*
- Redcar Gurney Street - TS11 8EQ*
- Immingham 5 Kennedy Way - Dn40 2ab*
- Wingate Front Street - TS28 5AA*
- Huntington Stafford Road - WA12 4NU*
- Egremont Main Street - CA22 2AB*
- Ware High Street - SG12 9BP*
- Bristol Stockwood - BS14 8PG*
- Plymstock 26 The Broadway - PL9 7AA*
- Carmountside Abbots Road - ST2 8EA*
- Great Horton Road Bradford - BD7 1AZ*
- Bristol Stapleton - BS16 1HD*
- Kirkby In Ashfield Walesby - NG17 7PF*
- Bristol Bedminster North St - BS3 1JA*
- Bristol Portishead - BS20 6AB*
- Weston Super Mare Milton - BS22 8EF*
- Reading Lower Earley - RG6 5HQ*
- Wallasey - CH44 0EB*
- Great Sutton Old Chester Rd - CH66 3PB*
*with Post Office
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