Morrisons is about shut one other of its grocery store shops this month, after shutting 16 websites simply final month. 16 Morrisons Daily shops closed their doorways on April 16, together with in Bath, Poole, Romsey and Woking. However the ultimate one – the Haxby department – will shut on May 14.
The main grocery store chain introduced the closures of a few of its Morrisons Daily shops, which supply prolonged hours and native purchasing choices, in March. The closures got here alongside the announcement that it might shut 52 of its cafes, 35 meat counters, 35 fish counters, 4 pharmacies and all 18 of its market kitchen meals courts. A complete of 365 jobs are in danger, in accordance with Time Out. The grocery store mentioned the Government’s improve in employers’ National Insurance contributions was guilty for the transfer, coupled with this month’s rise within the minimal wage.
The transfer sparked outrage amongst locals, as 11 of the Morrisons Daily websites contained Post Offices.
“Morrisons has made the difficult decision to close some Morrisons Daily stores, some of which contain Post Offices,” the chain mentioned.
“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 many of those affected branches we’re promoting the vacancies.”
A Post Office spokesperson added: “We totally recognise the inconvenience this will probably be for our prospects. Whilst we assess close by provision of Post Office companies, we might encourage our prospects to make use of New Earswick, Strensall and Huntington.”
The alternative branches, including Strensall, are a minimum of two miles from Haxbury, according to The Mirror.
After the announcement, York’s Liberal Democrat councillors launched a petition to try to save the Post Office site. Since then, nearly 1,000 people have signed the petition.
“This closure is a blow to the shop employees, residents and small companies like my very own, which rely on our native submit workplace,” said Councillor Andrew Hollyer. “The village centre Morrisons should stay open till a brand new operator for the Post Office steps in.”
Morrisons was lately named one of many worst grocery store manufacturers within the UK by Which? and joined Sainsbury’s in current cutbacks to in-store companies, which introduced the closure of all remaining cafes.
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