Leeds Morrisons shoppers react to news that the supermarket is set to shut cafes and other in-store services at three stores across the city.
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00:00I use Morrisons nearly every single day, it's extremely helpful, yeah I've heard that they're
00:05shutting down a lot of the cafes and in-store places around Leeds and other areas of England
00:10which isn't good because I use the cafe not too often but I remember special memories when I was
00:16young I'd come with my mum and my dad and we'd go sledge and it'd be freezing and I'd come and get
00:21a hot chocolate or something which was really nice but yeah no Morrisons is really helpful
00:26being here it's the main super supermarket that we've got around Horsforth so it's really helpful
00:31I go every single day without fail. I think it's real shame because I'm sure that lots of people
00:36go to the cafe to socialise, I've never been myself but I'm sad for people who use it regularly.
00:42In terms of it closing it is a great shame, didn't use it that much so I suppose that
00:47reflects in the fact that it is closing down, obviously you always think about the staff and
00:52the people that work there they've lost their jobs and then they've got to find somewhere now to
00:57to go but it's just one of those places where you're used to it being open and you've seen it
01:03day to day so then it does become a shock when it's no longer there and it's all shut down
01:08and it's empty and you then start to wonder about what is it going to be replaced with.
01:13We were sad to hear that the cafe was shutting, certainly when the children were young
01:19we'd regularly come in and have a kind of a family meal together and or just come for a coffee
01:26and it just felt part of the buzz of a Morrison shop but at the same time we kind of understand
01:33if you look down or up Town Street there are multiple different cafes and perhaps
01:40owned by smaller producers which I think as we've got older and our kids have got older we've
01:45perhaps wanted to support the local producers in a way that maybe that the Morrison's cafe
01:54would miss out on. We pick the boys up from school on a Wednesday and we always go to
02:01Morrison's because they like sushi yeah so we get the Morrison and also fizzy drink which they
02:07shouldn't have but they do that's what grandparents are allowed to do and we used to go to the cafe
02:14but then they stopped serving food hot food after a certain time and so we found alternative
02:21venues and we haven't gone back so we won't really miss it. No but it's quite snacky food as well not
02:29terribly healthy food we used to find it's chips and nuggets and whereas the boys like sushi and
02:35which is fairly healthy anyway but yeah I mean it'll be sad to see it go. Drinks and everything's
02:42really like more affordable than in other cafes as well so yeah it's a great shame. I come here
02:49often just because it's the shortest walk away from my home but I don't use any of the other
02:56services I really just come here for grocery shopping that's it.