A major Crewe convenience store has applied to change the name and layout of its premises - following its takeover from a supermarket chain last year.

Alliance Property Holdings Ltd applied to change the name of McColl's, Ridgeway Street, to Morrisons Daily on Friday 27 January.

It also applied for Cheshire East to permit internal alterations to the layout of the premises.

Morrisons Daily is expected to make internal alterations to the layout of the Ridgeway Street premises (Google).

This premises license application comes after Morrisons secured the purchase of McColl's in May 2022.

McColl's was on the brink of entering administration with just under £170 million in debt - putting 16,000 jobs at risk.

Following the purchase, Morrisons paid off McColl's debt as well as agreeing to take on responsibility for the company's pension scheme with over 2,000 members.

McColl's still operates over 1,000 stores across England, Scotland and Wales - with over a dozen in Crewe.

This includes Nantwich Road, West Street, Badger Avenue and Hungerford Road and Ridgeway Street.

McColl's convenience store with Post Office, Coleridge Way, permanently closed on Thursday 12 January (Ryan Parker).

Last year, Morrisons confirmed it would be closing a total of 132 McColl's convenience stores.

One in Crewe fell victim last month (January 12), as McColl's convenience store with Post Office, Coleridge Way, permanently closed.

McColl's convenience store on Underwood Lane, Crewe, changed to a Morrisons Daily back in October 2021.

More Crewe McColl's stores are expected to change to Morrisons Daily in the coming months.

McColl's convenience store on Underwood Lane, Crewe, changed to a Morrisons Daily back in October 2021 (Ryan Parker).

Morrisons plans to open thousands of Morrisons Daily stores across the UK in the near future.

Representations to this premises license application should be made to The Licensing Section, Cheshire East Council, Crewe Municipal Buildings, by Thursday 10 February.

READ MORE: Upload events in Crewe to us for FREE and be viewed by thousands.

Free from clickbait, pop-up ads and unwanted surveys, Crewe Nub News is a quality online newspaper for our town.

Subscribe to our FREE weekly newsletter email HERE - just click the 'SIGN UP' button.

Please consider following Crewe Nub News on Facebook or Twitter.