{"id":475893,"date":"2025-10-05T13:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T13:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/475893\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T13:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T13:08:11","slug":"full-list-of-uk-store-closures-sainsburys-iceland-morrisons-hit-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/475893\/","title":{"rendered":"Full list of UK store closures: Sainsbury’s, Iceland, Morrisons hit | UK | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s that time of the year when thoughts start to turn to Christmas shopping, but if you\u2019re planning on scouring the high street<\/a> for a present or two, you might find your favourite retailer has shut up shop.<\/p>\n

High street store closures<\/a> have become a familiar business in the UK in recent years, with major brands disappearing one after the other. Over the years we\u2019ve lost the likes of huge department stores like Debenhams<\/a>, BHS and House of Fraser, while more recently we\u2019ve said goodbye to WH Smith<\/a> and Homebase<\/a>, and seen brands like New Look, Poundland, Starbucks and some supermarkets all reduce their locations. The closures are part of a broader trend with the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warning as many as 400 of the UK\u2019s largest shops are at risk of closure if the government forces them into its proposed higher business rates tax band.<\/p>\n

The BRC said \u201clike all of retail\u201d, these stores were already under pressure from soaring employment costs, high taxes, and rising rates bills, driving the closure of 1,000 such outlets over the last five years. It estimated that if all 400 at-risk stores were to close, up to 100,000 jobs could be lost and local councils\u2019 business rates receipts from retail would fall by \u201cwell over\u201d \u00a3100 million a year.<\/p>\n

The BRC is now calling on Chancellor Rachel Reeves<\/a> to use the autumn Budget<\/a> this October to deliver changes \u201cwithout simply shifting the cost onto larger stores \u2013 which would be massively damaging to our high streets\u201d.<\/p>\n

So with the threat of even more store closures looming, it might be worth getting your Christmas shopping started early this year in case more brands are forced to shut their doors.<\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t keep track of all the closures that have already been announced this year, here\u2019s a run-down of stores that have shut up shop in 2025, including the likes of Sainsbury\u2019s, Iceland and Morrisons.<\/p>\n

Sainsbury\u2019s<\/p>\n

Sainsbury\u2019s is shutting its remaining 61 in-store cafes in 2025 as part of a major overhaul to save the supermarket group \u00a31 billion over three years. The closures come almost three years after it closed 200 in-store cafes, with the latest round in 2025 resulting in the loss of more than 3,000 jobs.<\/p>\n