McColl's stores around Suffolk could be at risk after bosses announced plans to close more than 100 stores in a bid to regenerate the business. 

The firm has announced a plan to close 132 stores which will leave 1,300 McColl's workers at risk of redundancy. 

Morrisons confirmed it would purchase the convenience store chain earlier this year as part of a £190million deal.

Joseph Sutton, Morrisons convenience, online and wholesale director, said: “We have a great deal of work to do but there’s no question that McColl’s is a business with strong potential.

“I’m confident that the combination of McColl’s conveniently located stores and great colleagues together with Morrisons' scale, brand, systems and fresh food expertise will lead to a transformation of the business.

“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.”

Morrisons are yet to confirm which sites are being earmarked for closure.