Hundreds of jobs are at risk as supermarket giant Morrisons announced plans to scrap a meat counters and cafes across the UK – but Netherfield’s store has been spared.
The supermarket giant said they had carried out a ‘wide-ranging review’ and as a result, is proposing the closure of 52 Cafés, all 18 Market Kitchens, 17 Convenience stores, 13 florists, 35 meat counters, 35 fish counters and four pharmacies.
They said that although the significant majority of colleagues affected by these changes are expected to be deployed in suitable roles elsewhere in Morrisons, there will be a total of around 365 colleagues at risk of redundancy.
Rami Baitiéh, Chief Executive of Morrisons, said: “Morrisons Cafés are rightly famous for their great quality well-priced food, their place in the local community and their appealing mix of traditional favourites alongside exciting new dishes. In most locations the Morrisons Café has a bright future, but a minority have specific local challenges and in those locations, regrettably, closure and reallocation of the space is the only sensible option.
“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.”
“Although these changes are relatively small in the context of the overall scale of the business, we do not take lightly the disruption and uncertainty they will cause to some of our colleagues.”
My friend and I used to use this Morrisons Cafe each week, however the food was that bad we gave up and used the small cafe in Carlton Square, ten times better, It’s their fault the cafe has to close.
The cafe at Netherfield is not closing, however according to reports I’ve read elsewhere the Market Kitchen is. Also I know what you mean about the cafe at Carlton Square, I used to visit there all the time – lovely, home cooked cheap food!
The headline is wrong. It is affected by the closures. It might not be loosing the cafe or meat counter at this time, but is loosing the Market Kitchen area.