Around 1,300 McColl’s workers are at risk of redundancy as part of proposals to shut 132 loss-making stores.
Morrisons, which rescued the convenience chain from administration earlier this year, confirmed the news this afternoon.
Joseph Sutton, the company’s convenience, online and wholesale director, said he felt ‘regret’ at the proposed decision to close struggling stores.
He said: ‘We very much regret the proposed closure of 132 loss-making stores but it is, very sadly, an important step towards the regeneration of the business.
‘I am confident that McColl’s can, in the Morrisons family, once again become a growing, thriving and vibrant convenience business serving local communities across the UK.’