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Morrisons to close 132 ‘loss-making’ McColl’s c-stores

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As part of its conversion plan, Morrisons is to close 132 McColl’s convenience stores which they said were “loss-making” and had “no realistic prospect” of recovering soon. The supermarket agreed to buy McColl’s out of administration in May. Morrisons plans to convert all its remaining McColl’s stores into Morrisons Daily shops. There are currently 1,164 …

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