IT looks like its Grimsby-area stores will be spared the nationwide downsizing announced this week by supermarket giant Morrisons.
As what it describes as an 'optimisation' project, the company intends to close 52 cafés, 17 convenience stores, 13 florists, 35 meat counters, 35 fish counters and four pharmacies.
Thought to be unaffected are the supermarket at Laceby and the conveniences stores on Grimsby Road and in Humberston.
Elsewhere in the UK, a total of 365 jobs are at risk.
Cafés earmarked for closure are those at:
* Bradford Thornbury – West Yorkshire
* Paisley Falside Rd – Renfrewshire, Scotland
* London Queensbury – Greater London
* Portsmouth – Hampshire
* Great Park – Tyne and Wear
* Banchory North Deeside Rd – Aberdeenshire, Scotland
* Failsworth Poplar Street – Greater Manchester
* Blackburn Railway Road – Lancashire
* Leeds Swinnow Rd – West Yorkshire
* London Wood Green – Greater London
* Kirkham Poulton St – Lancashire
* Lutterworth Bitteswell Rd – Leicestershire
* Stirchley – West Midlands
* Leeds Horsforth – West Yorkshire
* London Erith – Greater London
* Crowborough – East Sussex
* Bellshill John St – North Lanarkshire, Scotland
* Dumbarton Glasgow Rd – West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
* East Kilbride Lindsayfield – South Lanarkshire, Scotland
* East Kilbride Stewartfield – South Lanarkshire, Scotland
* Glasgow Newlands – Glasgow, Scotland
* Largs Irvine Rd – North Ayrshire, Scotland
* Troon Academy St – South Ayrshire, Scotland
* Wishaw Kirk Rd – North Lanarkshire, Scotland
* Newcastle upon Tyne Cowgate – Tyne and Wear
* Northampton Kettering Road – Northamptonshire
* Bromsgrove Buntsford Ind Pk – Worcestershire
* Solihull Warwick Rd – West Midlands
* Brecon Free St – Powys, Wales
* Caernarfon North Rd – Gwynedd, Wales
* Harrow, Hatch End – Greater London
* High Wycombe Temple End – Buckinghamshire
* Leighton Buzzard Lake St – Bedfordshire
* London Stratford – Greater London
* Sidcup Westwood Lane – Greater London
* Welwyn Garden City Black Fan Rd – Hertfordshire
* Warminster Weymouth St – Wiltshire
* Oxted Station Yard – Surrey
* Reigate Bell St – Surrey
* Borehamwood – Hertfordshire
* Weybridge, Monument Hill – Surrey
* Bathgate – West Lothian, Scotland
* Erskine Bridgewater SC – Renfrewshire, Scotland
* Gorleston Blackwell Road – Norfolk
* Connah’s Quay – Flintshire, Wales
* Mansfield Woodhouse – Nottinghamshire
* Elland – West Yorkshire
* Gloucester – Metz Way – Gloucestershire
* Watford – Ascot Road – Hertfordshire
* Littlehampton – Wick – West Sussex
* Helensburgh – Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Convenience stores in line for the chop are those at:
* Gorleston Lowestoft Road – Norfolk
* Peebles 3-5 Old Town – Scottish Borders, Scotland
* Shenfield 214 Hutton Road – Essex
* Poole Waterloo Estate – Dorset
* Tonbridge Higham Lane Est – Kent
* Romsey The Cornmarket – Hampshire
* Stewarton Lainshaw Street – East Ayrshire, Scotland
* Selsdon Featherbed Lane – Greater London
* Haxby Village – North Yorkshire
* Great Barr Queslett Rd – West Midlands
* Whickham Oakfield Road – Tyne and Wear
* Worle – Somerset
* Goring-By-Sea Strand Parade – West Sussex
* Woking Westfield Road – Surrey
* Wokingham 40 Peach Street – Berkshire
* Exeter 51 Sidwell Street – Devon
* Bath Moorland Road – Somerset
Says Morrisons chief executive Rami Baitiéh: "The changes are are a necessary part of our plans to renew and reinvigorate Morrisons and enable us to focus our investment into the areas that customers really value and that can play a full part in our growth.
"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 re-allocation of the space is the only sensible option.
"In some stores where we are closing cafés, we may work with third parties to provide a relevant specialist offer."
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