Morrisons today (March 24) announced that it is “proposing a number of changes over the next few months”, including the closure of four pharmacies.
It said that “a wide-ranging review identified a number of areas where the costs of operations are significantly out of line with usage, volumes or the value that customers place on them”.
Read more: Revealed: Which Morrisons pharmacy locations are closing?
The supermarket also set out plans to close 52 cafés, all 18 of its “market kitchens”, 17 convenience stores, 13 florists, 35 meat counters and 35 fish counters.
It said that while the “significant majority” of staff affected are “expected to be deployed in suitable roles elsewhere in Morrisons”, a total of “around 365 colleagues” are at risk of redundancy.
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