A UK supermarket giant is set to close its doors for over 100 stores, cafes, florists and pharmacies in 2025, in a huge blow to customers. Morrisons is the fifth largest supermarket chain in the UK and in 2021 boasted a total of 497 supermarkets across England, Wales and Scotland, as well as a store in Gibraltar. In the same year, the chain employed 110,000 employees and served around 11 million customers each week.
However, 2025 will see the closure of a whopping 103 daily stores, cafes, florists and pharmacies across the country, from Kent in the south east of England to Somerset and Devon in the west and even as far north as Scotland. The majority of the 17 daily convenience store closures have already taken place, with shops shutting up for the final time in April. However, the worst is yet to come, as Morrisons has publicly confirmed that it will close 51 cafés, 13 florists, four pharmacies and all 18 Market Kitchens in 2025. The closure programme was to be implemented "over the next few months" following the March 2025 announcement.
Some staff working at these services will be redeployed elsewhere in the business, Morrisons said. The supermarket chain said the cuts were necessary because "costs of operations are significantly out of line with usage, volumes or the value that customers place on them". "A minority have specific local challenges and in those locations, regrettably, closure and re-allocation of the space is the only sensible option," Morrisons' chief executive Rami Baitieh said.
A total of 17 Daily Store closures have been announced in 2025. All bar one closed on April 16, apart from the Haxby branch in North Yorkshire, which closed less than a month later on May 14. Included in those shops shutting their doors for the final time were the Daily Stores in Poole (Dorset), Exeter (Devon), and Bath (Somerset).
Gorleston, Lowestoft Road, Norfolk - April 16 Peebles, 3-5 Old Town, Scottish Borders - April 16 Shenfield, 214 Hutton Road, Essex - April 16 Poole, Waterloo Estate, Dorset - April 16 Tonbridge, Higham Lane Estate, Kent - April 16 Romsey, The Cornmarket, Hampshire - April 16 Stewarton, Lainshaw Street, East Ayrshire, Scotland - April 16 Selsdon, Featherbed Lane, Greater London - April 16 Great Barr, Queslett Road, West Midlands - April 16 Whichham, Oakfield Road, Tyne & Wear - April 16 Worle, Queensway, Somerset - April 16 Goring-By-Sea, Strand Parade, West Sussex - April 16 Woking, Westfield Road, Surrey - April 16 Wokingham, 40 Peach Street, Berkshire - April 16 Exeter, 51 Sidwell Street, Devon - April 16 Bath, Moorland Road, Somerset - April 16 Haxby, 19 The Village, North Yorkshire - May 14 
Despite shuttering 51 of its cafes, Morrisons said this offering "has a bright future" in most locations. Where some cafes are closing, the supermarket said it planned to work with "third parties to provide a relevant specialist offer". In 2021, there were 406 Morrisons cafes.
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 
Morrisons' Market Kitchen was an in-store dining concept introduced to offer freshly prepared meals in a supermarket setting. These kitchens featured various food counters, each specialising in different cuisines and meal options. However, all 18 Market Kitchen locations will close in 2025 as part of the plans to streamline operations.
Aberdeen, King Street Basingstoke, Thorneycroft Brentford, Waterside Camden Town, London Canning Town, London Cheltenham, Up Hatherley Eccles, Irwell Place, Greater Manchester Edgbaston, Birmingham Gravesend, Coldharbour Road Kirkby, Merseyside Leeds, Kirkstall Lincoln, Triton Road Little Clacton, Centenary Way Milton Keynes, Westcroft Nottingham, Netherfield Stoke, Festival Park Tynemouth, Preston Grange, North Shields Verwood, Dorset 
In his statement, Morrisons' Chief Executive, Rami Baitiéh, described these changes as a "necessary part of our plans to renew and reinvigorate" the chain, allowing the company to focus on areas that "customers really value".
Birmingham, Small Heath Blackburn, Railway Road Bradford, Victoria London, Wood Green Morrisons introduced its in-store florists as part of the Market Street concept, which began in 2009. This initiative aimed to bring specialist, craft-based departments - including butchers, bakers, fishmongers, and florists - into Morrisons stores. In 2020, the chain expanded its florist offerings by doubling the number of professionals in its stores to 300 and adding 60 new stations across the UK. However, in 2023, Morrisons began to scale back its operations.
Aberdeen, King Street Bradford, Enterprise 5 Canning Town, London Evesham, Four Pool Estate Newcastle Under Lyme, Goose Street Rubery, Bristol Road South Sheffield, Meadowhead Sheldon, Birmingham St Albans, Hatfield Road St Helens, Boundary Road Stirchley, Birmingham Sunderland, Doxford Park Swinton, Swinton Hall Road The Express has contacted Morrisons for comment.
