Owner Morrisons says that closing the loss-making stores will put 1,300 jobs at risk.
Image source, McColl’sMorrisons says it plans to close 132 of its loss-making McColl’s convenience stores, putting 1,300 jobs at risk.
It comes after the supermarket chain agreed to buy McColl’s out of administration in May.
Workers who could be made redundant will be offered jobs elsewhere in the business, the grocer said.
Morrisons now plans to convert all its remaining McColl’s stores into Morrisons Daily shops as it tires to revive the chain’s fortunes.
There are currently 1,164 McColl’s stores trading, 286 of which operate under the Morrisons Daily brand.
Morrisons said all of the stores set to close were “loss-making” and had “no realistic prospect” of recovering soon.
The majority will be closed “in an orderly fashion” over the rest of this year, it added.
The grocer said workers at risk of redundancy “will be offered alternative employment at a nearby McColl’s store, Morrisons store, logistics operation or food-making centre”.
Out of the stores that will close, 55 have a Post Office counter.
Morrisons said it would will delay the closure of these stores until next year to let them serve local communities during Christmas “and to allow the Post Office additional time to make alternative arrangements”.