Supermarket giant Morrisons has blamed government policy and rising costs for plans to close 100 of its Daily convenience stores in the next few months.

Morrisons Daily store

Source: Morrisons

There are 1,700 Morrisons Daily stores across the UK

The retailer plans to close 100 loss-making former McColl’s stores, and said difficulties had been exacerbated in recent years by “significant cost increases resulting from government policy choices”.

Morrisons said the proposal to take the “tough but necessary decision” to close the Morrisons Daily stores meant more staff would be at risk of redundancy and that it would be starting a consultation shortly, as was first reported by The Grocer.

The retailer has around 1,700 Daily c-stores across the UK and opened more than 120 franchise stores last year.

While it did not say which stores would be closing, it said they were branches “whose performance has been challenged for a number of years and which are loss making, despite remedial action”.

“This situation has been exacerbated in more recent years by significant cost increases resulting from government policy choices, which have made returning these stores to profitability even more difficult,” it added.

Despite the closures, Morrisons insisted it has a “robust expansion plan” for 2026 and saw opportunities to open hundreds more franchise stores.

The retailer announced plans last year to close 52 cafes and 16 convenience stores, putting hundreds of jobs at risk. Last month, it was revealed that around 200 jobs were at risk at its Bradford headquarters.

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