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Morrisons set to close more than 100 brand locations across the country

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Danny Jones Danny Jones - 23rd October 2025

UK supermarket company Morrisons is set to close more than 100 specific locations across the UK, including multiple here in Greater Manchester.

Despite still being considered one of the giants of the sector here in Britain, Morrisons is continuing its previously announced ‘restructuring’ by adding a number of other shops to the chopping block.

The chain had already announced that a slate of 50 Morrisons Cafes would be closing earlier this year, but now other brand branches are expected to follow suit.

While their major supermarkets will remain virtually untouched, several Morrisons Daily convenience stores, florists, pharmacies and Market Kitchens, like the busy lunchtime spot on Piccadilly Gardens – but don’t panic: the corner store itself is staying as far as we’re aware.

Fortunately, major mainline Morrisons supermarket locations look to be safe from closing. (Credit: JThomas/Jaggery via Geograph)

Despite insisting the business is in good shape and has a “bright future” ahead, Morrisons‘ chief executive, Rami Baitieh, confirmed that “a minority [of sites] have specific local challenges and in those locations, regrettably, closure and re-allocation of the space is the only sensible option.”

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It’s also believed that 35 butchers’ counters and the same number of fishmongers are set to wrap up as part of the shake-up.

You can see the full list of Morrisons Cafes closing down below; thankfully, we Mancs have managed to avoid closures in this particular department.

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Morrisons Cafe Locations closing 

  • Bradford Thornbury
  • Paisley Falside Road
  • London Queensbury
  • Portsmouth
  • Great Park
  • Banchory North, Deeside Road
  • Failsworth, Poplar Street
  • Blackburn, Railway Road
  • Leeds, Swinnow Road
  • London, Wood Green
  • Kirkham, Poulton Street
  • Lutterworth, Bitteswell Road
  • Stirchley
  • Leeds, Horsforth
  • London, Erith
  • Crowborough
  • Bellshill, John Street
  • Dumbarton, Glasgow Road
  • East Kilbride, Lindsayfield
  • East Kilbride, Stewartfield
  • Glasgow, Newlands
  • Largs, Irvine Road
  • Troon, Academy Street
  • Wishaw, Kirk Road
  • Newcastle, UT Cowgate
  • Northampton, Kettering Road
  • Bromsgrove, Buntsford Industrial Park
  • Solihull, Warwick Road
  • Brecon, Free Street
  • Caernarfon, North Road
  • Hadleigh
  • London, Harrow, Hatch End
  • High Wycombe, Temple End
  • Leighton Buzzard, Lake Street
  • London, Stratford
  • Sidcup, Westwood Lane
  • Welwyn, Garden City, Black Fan Road
  • Warminster, Weymouth Street
  • Oxted, Station Yard
  • Reigate, Bell Street
  • Borehamwood
  • Weybridge, Monument Hill
  • Bathgate
  • Erskine, Bridgewater Shopping Centre
  • Gorleston, Blackwell Road
  • Connah’s Quay
  • Mansfield, Woodhouse
  • Elland
  • Gloucester, Metz Way
  • Watford, Ascot Road
  • Littlehampton, Wick
  • Helensburgh

Sadly, it seems that plenty of people saw this coming, with early reports of the off-license/corner shop-esque Daily shops following soon after cafes were confirmed to be closing back in March.

This is where Greater Manchester comes in, as a handful of florists and Market Kitchens in the region are to join the wider collection of closures by the end of the year.

Florists locations closing

  • Aberdeen, King Street
  • Bradford, Enterprise 5
  • Canning Town, London
  • Evesham, Four Pool Estate
  • Newcastle Under Lyme, Goose Street
  • Rubery, Bristol Road South
  • Sheffield, Meadowhead
  • Sheldon, Birmingham
  • St Albans, Hatfield Road
  • St Helens, Boundary Road
  • Stirchley, Birmingham
  • Sunderland, Doxford Park
  • Swinton, Swinton Hall Road

Market Kitchens shutting down

  • Aberdeen, King Street
  • Basingstoke, Thorneycroft
  • Brentford, Waterside
  • Camden Town, London
  • Canning Town, London
  • Cheltenham, Up Hatherley
  • Eccles, Irwell Place, Greater Manchester
  • Edgbaston, Birmingham
  • Gravesend, Coldharbour Road
  • Kirkby, Merseyside
  • Leeds, Kirkstall
  • Lincoln, Triton Road
  • Little Clacton, Centenary Way
  • Milton Keynes, Westcroft
  • Nottingham, Netherfield
  • Stoke, Festival Park
  • Tynemouth, Preston Grange, North Shields
  • Verwood, Dorset

Pharmacies closing

  • Birmingham, Small Heath
  • Blackburn, Railway Road
  • Bradford, Victoria
  • London, Wood Green

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Anthropologie set to open flagship store in Manchester’s Royal Exchange

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson Anthropologie Manchester is set to open in November. Credit: The Manc Group

Beloved lifestyle and fashion store Anthropologie is finally coming to Manchester, opening a new flagship store in the beautiful Royal Exchange building.

The American brand is famed for its curated range of clothing, shoes, accessories, activewear, beauty, wellness, furniture, home décor, bridal, and loads more.

Hoardings are now up for the new Anthropologie store, just off St Ann’s Square in the heart of Manchester, and one of three new UK openings planned for this year.

Anthropologie will also be opening in Liverpool and Glasgow before the year is out.

All three new stores will stock the home and accessories ranges, as well as clothing from brands like Anthropologie’s own labels Maeve, Pilcro and Daily Practice.

Anthropologie in Manchester will span more than 5,000 sq ft and promises to ’embody the heritage of the historic building’.

It’s owned by the same parent company behind Urban Outfitters and Free People, the former of which just opened a new store at the Trafford Centre for the first time.

Matt Hilgeman, Managing Director at Anthropologie International, said: “We’re delighted to be opening in Manchester, a city that embodies the cultural energy and creativity at the heart of Anthropologie.

“Manchester is an ideal location for our continued UK expansion after Liverpool. This store represents an important milestone for Anthropologie, and we’re looking forward to welcoming the local community into a space that feels both inspiring and unique.”

Anthropologie Manchester officially opens on 26 November.

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First vendors confirmed Glossop Market Hall, including two indie Manc traders

Danny Jones Danny Jones First Glossop Market Hall traders confirmed

The first vendors for the upcoming Glossop Market Hall have been announced, and the lineup includes two beloved Greater Manchester independent businesses.

Better still, the third is another noteworthy name from the North West.

Glossop Market Hall is scheduled to launch later this year, setting up shop in the historic town hall complex, where the High Peak Borough Council, a retail shopping arcade and various other municipal buildings have stood in various different iterations for nearly well over a century.

With the Derbyshire town set to celebrate the opening of the newly revamped market hall, those behind the new Glossop attraction have now revealed the first three names set to take up residence there.

As you can see, the biggest names already signed on to cook from one of the six kitchens is a Manchester favourite food hall in its own right: Hello Oriental.

The Pan-Asian paradise not only has a subterranean space below Circle Square, but also at The Trafford Centre, as well as a dessert spin-off in Freight Island.

Indie trader number two comes in the form of B&V Trading, who are based at Stanley Square in Sale and specialise in eco-friendly, UK-made treats, toys and essentials for four-legged friends.

After proving a hit with the locals, their small stall at nearby Altrincham Market has grown to see them open up not just a second site in the leafy Cheshire suburbs of Knutsford back in 2022, but now boast a third location in neighbouring Macclesfield.

Speaking of Macc, local gin and whisky makers, Forest Distillery – based up at the famous Cat and Fiddle Inn pub towards the Peaks – they round out the first wave of regional businesses set to pop up in Glossop Market Hall (GMH) when it finally arrives this winter.

Credit: B&V Trading/Forest Distillery (via IG)/The Manc Eats

And once again, as the update on social media reads: “This is just the beginning”.

Natives, day-trippers and tourists from all over are bound to visit this place when it opens sometime in November (exact date still TBC), and with space not only for a dedicated bar, dining space and a coffee shop, but a total of 17 retail spaces, we can’t wait to see what comes next.

GMH becomes just the latest among a growing trend of food and drink halls popping up all over our part of the country, with virtually every Greater Manchester borough now boasting at least one of their own – or, in the city centre’s case, what feels like a dozen now.

Exhibit number… not sure, we’ve lost track at this point.

Plans lodged to turn Ducie Street Warehouse into huge food hall

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