Morrisons has put some of its pharmacies up for sale as it seeks to make the supermarket financially sustainable.
Although the exact number of in-store pharmacies being sold is unknown, the figure is reportedly in the dozens.
The retailer will not sell all 120 of its pharmacies, according to reports.
It comes after a financial review concluded that a number of the supermarket’s pharmacies would be better off trading as community pharmacies under independent ownership.
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It is understood that any pharmacies sold will remain open in Morrisons’ stores under the new owner’s branding.
Additionally, Morrisons is reportedly not anticipating any negative impact to patients during its sales process, as it plans to keep the pharmacies running as normal.
The pharmacy sales will be carried out on a store-by-store basis and are currently not being offloaded in a package.
Morrisons CEO Rami Baitieh said that the cuts were a “necessary part of our plans to renew and reinvigorate Morrisons, following a challenging period”.
The move comes after Morrisons recently reported a “resilient” set of 2025 results, as the struggling supermarket improved sales over the Christmas period.
The grocer’s full year underlying EBITDA was maintained at £835m for the 52 weeks ending October 2025, despite “significant and largely unexpected” external cost headwinds from the 2024 Budget, the impact of a cyber incident in Q1, and “higher than expected” inflation.
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