Bargain supermarket with 300 locations to close popular shop in weeks
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A POPULAR supermarket has announced the closure of one of its locations as staff face redundancies. In just a matter of weeks, Farmfoods will be closing one of its Oxfordshire locations. The store at The Calthorpe Center in Banbury will be shutting its doors for good on February 2.
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News of the closure comes after social media users speculated about its demise in the new year. It appears that staff were informed of redundancies around that time and the news was shared online. One user said: "Farm Foods will close on Sunday, February 2, with all staff being made redundant with a new store opening in July near Iceland food warehouse.".
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Despite hopes for the Scottish frozen food and grocery store to open a new location as a replacement, this has not been confirmed. Farmfoods released a statement addressing the Calthorpe Center location earlier this week. A spokesperson said: "I confirm our shop at the Calthorpe Centre, Banbury will permanently close on February 2 following a 50 per cent sale.
"We're grateful to all customers who have shopped with us during our time trading from the property and hope to open a new shop elsewhere in the town in future.". But the company added that no details regarding this hope have been confirmed. According to the Oxford Mail, Farmfoods refused to comment on how many staff will be let go as a result of the closure.
