Morrisons has mentioned round 1,300 McColl’s employees are liable to redundancy as a part of proposals to close 132 loss-making shops on the comfort chain it purchased earlier this 12 months.
Joseph Sutton, Morrisons comfort, on-line and wholesale director, mentioned: “We’ve a substantial amount of work to do however there’s no query that McColl’s is a enterprise with sturdy potential.
“I’m assured that the mixture of McColl’s conveniently positioned shops and nice colleagues along with Morrisons scale, model, methods and recent meals experience will result in a metamorphosis of the enterprise.
“We very a lot remorse the proposed closure of 132 loss-making shops however it’s, very sadly, an vital step in the direction of the regeneration of the enterprise.
“I’m assured that McColl’s can, within the Morrisons household, as soon as once more change into a rising, thriving and vibrant comfort enterprise serving native communities throughout the UK.”
Final month the Competitors and Markets Authority gave a takeover of McColl’s by Morrisons the inexperienced mild.
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