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Morrisons Daily convenience store in Higham Lane, Tonbridge, and Morrisons Market Kitchen in Coldharbour Road, Gravesend earmarked for closure

A Morrisons store and Market Kitchen in Kent have been earmarked for closure.

The supermarket giant is proposing to close 52 cafes, all 18 market kitchens, 17 convenience stores, 13 florists, 35 meat counters, 36 fish counters and four pharmacies.

Two Morrisons Daily stores in Kent could close. Picture: Morrisons
Two Morrisons Daily stores in Kent could close. Picture: Morrisons

It comes as part of the company’s plan to mitigate significant cost increases.

In Kent, the Morrisons Daily convenience store in Higham Lane, Tonbridge, and the Morrisons Market Kitchen in Coldharbour Road, Gravesend has been earmarked for closure.

Today the company said the changes put 365 colleagues at risk of redundancy.

Chief executive of Morrisons, Rami Baitiéh said these changes were “relatively small” in the context of the overall scale of the business, but added: “We do not take lightly the disruption and uncertainty they will cause to some of our colleague.”

He said: “The changes we are announcing today are 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.

“Market Street is a beacon of differentiation for Morrisons and we remain committed to it.

“But as we modernise we are making some necessary changes to the areas of the model which are simply uneconomic.

“In some stores where we are closing counters or Cafés, we plan to work with third parties to provide a relevant specialist offer."

Addressing the employees, the chief executive added: “We will of course take particular care to look after all of them well through the coming changes.”

Cafes which will shut:

Bradford Thornbury – West Yorkshire

Paisley Falside Rd – Renfrewshire, Scotland

London Queensbury – Greater London

Portsmouth – Hampshire

Great Park – Tyne and Wear

Banchory North Deeside Rd – Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Failsworth Poplar Street – Greater Manchester

Blackburn Railway Road – Lancashire

Leeds Swinnow Rd – West Yorkshire

London Wood Green – Greater London

Kirkham Poulton St – Lancashire

Lutterworth Bitteswell Rd – Leicestershire

Stirchley – West Midlands

Leeds Horsforth – West Yorkshire

London Erith – Greater London

Crowborough – East Sussex

Bellshill John St – North Lanarkshire, Scotland

Dumbarton Glasgow Rd – West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

East Kilbride Lindsayfield – South Lanarkshire, Scotland

East Kilbride Stewartfield – South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Glasgow Newlands – Glasgow, Scotland

Largs Irvine Rd – North Ayrshire, Scotland

Troon Academy St – South Ayrshire, Scotland

Wishaw Kirk Rd – North Lanarkshire, Scotland

Newcastle upon Tyne Cowgate – Tyne and Wear

Northampton Kettering Road – Northamptonshire

Bromsgrove Buntsford Ind Pk – Worcestershire

Solihull Warwick Rd – West Midlands

Brecon Free St – Powys, Wales

Caernarfon North Rd – Gwynedd, Wales

Hadleigh – Suffolk

Harrow, Hatch End – Greater London

High Wycombe Temple End – Buckinghamshire

Leighton Buzzard Lake St – Bedfordshire

London Stratford – Greater London

Sidcup Westwood Lane – Greater London

Welwyn Garden City Black Fan Rd – Hertfordshire

Warminster Weymouth St – Wiltshire

Oxted Station Yard – Surrey

Reigate Bell St – Surrey

Borehamwood – Hertfordshire

Weybridge, Monument Hill – Surrey

Bathgate – West Lothian, Scotland

Erskine Bridgewater SC – Renfrewshire, Scotland

Gorleston Blackwell Road – Norfolk

Connah’s Quay – Flintshire, Wales

Mansfield Woodhouse – Nottinghamshire

Elland – West Yorkshire

Gloucester – Metz Way – Gloucestershire

Watford – Ascot Road – Hertfordshire

Littlehampton – Wick – West Sussex

Helensburgh – Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Morrisons Daily convenience stores:

Gorleston Lowestoft Road – Norfolk

Peebles 3-5 Old Town – Scottish Borders, Scotland

Shenfield 214 Hutton Road – Essex

Poole Waterloo Estate – Dorset

Tonbridge Higham Lane Est – Kent

Romsey The Cornmarket – Hampshire

Stewarton Lainshaw Street – East Ayrshire, Scotland

Selsdon Featherbed Lane – Greater London

Haxby Village – North Yorkshire

Great Barr Queslett Rd – West Midlands

Whickham Oakfield Road – Tyne and Wear

Worle – Somerset

Goring-By-Sea Strand Parade – West Sussex

Woking Westfield Road – Surrey

Wokingham 40 Peach Street – Berkshire

Exeter 51 Sidwell Street – Devon

Bath Moorland Road – Somerset

Morrisons has been contacted for a comment.

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