This bank holiday Monday (August 25) the majority of larger Morrisons stores will close slightly earlier – here is what you need to know
Morrisons has updated its opening hours ahead of the August bank holiday Monday.
The majority of larger Morrisons stores open at either 6am or 7am and shut at 10pm, Monday to Saturday. Then on Sundays, shops in England and Wales are typically open from 10am until 4pm.
But this bank holiday Monday (August 25) the majority of larger Morrisons stores will close slightly earlier at 8pm. There are different trading rules in Scotland, where Morrisons stores will be open as normal this bank holiday Monday.
Morrisons smaller convenience stores, known as Morrisons Daily, have varying opening times, but they typically open at 6am and close normally between 6pm and 11pm, depending on your location.
There will be no changes to Morrisons Daily opening times this Monday. It is advised that you check the opening times of your nearest store on the Morrisons website.
It comes after the supermarket closed 17 of its Morrisons Daily stores this spring as part of its major restructure plans. The supermarket also announced plans to shut 52 of its in-store cafés, all 18 of its market kitchens, 13 florists, 35 meat counters, 35 fish counters and four pharmacies
Morrisons said a “wide-ranging review” found these services were not cost-effective. The shake-up was also partly to “help mitigate recent significant cost increases” including an increase in employers’ National Insurance and the minimum wage.
Rami Baitiéh, Chief Executive of Morrisons, said at the time of the announcement: “The changes we are announcing… 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.
“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 Morrisons business, we do not take lightly the disruption and uncertainty they will cause to some of our colleagues.“
