The closure of 16 of the Morrisons Daily stores came on April 16. However, the final one is set to close this month on Wednesday, May 14
Morrisons is closing another one of its supermarket stores this month after shutting 16 sites last month. The supermarket chain announced the closures of some of its Morrisons Dayil branches in March.
The closures of its 17 convenience store sites came alongside the announcement that it would shut 52 of its cafes, 35 meat counters, 35 fish counters, four pharmacies and all 18 of its market kitchen food courts.
The supermarket said the move was due to the Government’s increase in employers’ National Insurance coupled with this month’s rise in the minimum wage. The closure of 16 of the Morrisons Daily stores came on April 16. However, the final one is set to close this month on Wednesday, May 14.
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Locals were up in arms over the move as 11 of the Morrisons Daily sites contained Post Offices. On the move, the supermarket giant said: “Morrisons has made the difficult decision to close some Morrisons Daily stores, some of which contain Post Offices. We fully recognise the inconvenience this will cause for our customers and apologise for the short notification as these branches close between 9 April and 14 May.
“We have reviewed Post Office provision in these areas and for most of these affected branches we are advertising the vacancies.”
A Post Office spokesperson added: “We fully recognise the inconvenience this will be for our customers. Whilst we assess nearby provision of Post Office services, we would encourage our customers to use New Earswick, Strensall and Huntington.”
The New Earswick branch is 1.86 miles from the Haxby branch, Strensall is 2.46 miles, and Huntington is 2.49 miles away. After the announcement, York’s Liberal Democrat councillors launched a petition to try and save the Post Office site. Since the announcement, nearly 1,000 people have signed the petition.
Councillor Andrew Hollyer said: “This closure is a blow to the store staff, residents and small businesses like my own, which depend on our local post office. The village centre Morrisons must remain open until a new operator for the Post Office steps in.”
The list of Morrisons Daily shops which closed in April:
- Lowestoft Road, Gorleston
- 3-5 Old Town, Peebles
- 214 Hutton Road, Shenfield
- Waterloo Estate, Poole
- Higham Lane Estate, Tonbridge
- The Cornmarket, Romsey
- Lainshaw Street, Stewarton
- Featherbed Lane, Selsdon
- Queslett Road, Great Barr
- Oakfield Road, Whickham
- Queensway, Worle
- Strand Parade, Goring-By-Sea
- Westfield Road, Woking
- 40 Peach Street, Wokingham
- 51 Sidwell Street, Exeter
- Moorland Road, Bath
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