The announcement that Morrisons will close 100 stores is not merely a commercial setback. It is a vulnerability in our national supply chain infrastructure. From a defence and security standpoint, every supermarket node lost is a chokepoint created in a crisis scenario.
The high street is being hollowed out, and hostile actors will note these gaps. Cyber warfare targeting logistics networks becomes easier when the physical footprint shrinks. This is a strategic pivot away from redundancy, and it demands immediate risk assessment from the Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office.
