Overview

• Tesco confirmed its Southampton Shirley Road Express will close later this year, with the store operating as normal until then.
• Asda permanently shut its Stepney Green store in September following a significant rent increase and is consulting staff on potential redundancies.
• Morrisons is cutting back its estate, with around 15 larger supermarkets closed or scheduled for 2025 and more than 50 cafés already shut.
• Iceland plans additional store closures this year and has outlined about 3,000 job cuts in 2025 alongside the removal of its remaining cafés, patisserie and pizza counters.
• Recent lists highlight Iceland closures in Margate, Shotton and Inverness, with other affected supermarket locations including Bath, Exeter, Poole, Woking and Wokingham.