Boots announced earlier this year that a total of 300 stores across the UK will be shutting down to help “consolidate the business”.
The health and beauty retailer’s plan is to reduce its sites from 2,200 to 1,900 but will be offering alternative roles to all employees affected by the closures.
Supermarket Iceland is also closing some branches after the summer due to changes in “local shopping patterns” and because certain “shop leases have expired”.
Iceland’s executive chairman explained that this is a normal procedure and “a small number of store closures happen every year”.
The supermarket has 500 branches and 153 Food Warehouse sites across the country, and has recently opened new stores, including the new site in Kendal, Cumbria, Slough and Aberdeen.
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Boots branches set to close in 2023:
- Front Street, Prudhoe – closing after the summer
- Jardine Crescent, Coventry – closing after the summer
- Guildford Road, Woking – closing in October
- Windhill Road, Wakefield – closing on October 6
- Upper Warrengate, Wakefield – closing on October 7
- Glastonbury – closing on October 13
- Gorleston, Great Yarmouth – closing in November
Boots branches already closed:
- Holywell, Flintshire – closed on August 26
- Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff-on-Sea – closed August 1
- Heathside Road, Woking – closed at the end of July
- University of East Anglia Campus – closed at the end of July
- Church Street, Malvern
- King William Street, London
- The Port Arcades Shopping Centre, Ellesmere
- Salford Shopping Centre, Greater Manchester
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Iceland stores closing after the summer:
- Grange Road, Birkenhead – closing on September 16
- Market Shopping Centre, Crewe – closing on September 16
Iceland stores already closed this year:
- Mill Lane, Bromsgrove – closed on February 25
- Chineham Shopping Centre in Basingstoke – closed on February 25
- White Rose Centre, Rhyl – closed on March 14
- South Street, Newport, Isle of Wight – closed on March 25
- St Catherine’s Place, Bedminster, Bristol – closed on March 25
- Deiniol Centre, Bangor – closed on March 27
- Newport, Wales – closed on April 22
- Marygate, Berwick – closed on April 22
- Hexham – closed on April 22
- Flint, Wales – closed on May 27
- Beccles, Suffolk – closed on June 17
- St David’s Place, Swansea – closing on July 29
- Cowden High Street, Fife – closing on August 12
- Llanelli, Wales – closing on September 2
A spokesperson for Boots explained: “We can confirm that the stores listed are part of the Boots store consolidation programme previously announced. All team members from these stores will be offered alternative roles.”
Executive chairman of Iceland Foods Richard Walker commented: “Across Iceland and The Food Warehouse we have a portfolio of over UK 1,000 stores, and our retail estate has grown by nearly 200 stores over the last 10 years.
“We typically open more than 20 new stores each year, creating many new jobs and contributing to the growth of local economies. At the same time, we continually review the retail experience offered to our customers and have always made a small number of store closures every year, as local shopping patterns change and shop leases expire.
“The business is currently trading very strongly, achieving record market shares. Customers can find their closest Iceland and The Food Warehouse stores www.iceland.co.uk/store-finder.”
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