Major supermarket chain with 900 branches to close locations this weekend
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A MAJOR supermarket has closed two of its stores this weekend in a fresh blow to shoppers. Iceland shut a store in Borehamwood and another in Exeter yesterday. Doors closed for the final time at its Shenley Road store in Borehamwood at 4pm. A sign spotted by shoppers said: “Sorry we’re closing.
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"Your Borehamwood Iceland store is permanently closing from 4pm on Saturday 4th January.”. Customers who are keen to get their hands on Iceland food will need to head to Barnet. An Iceland spokesperson told The Sun: “We can confirm our Borehamwood Iceland store is scheduled to close on 4th January.
“Our store colleagues were entered into a consultation process and have been offered opportunities at surrounding stores where possible. “Iceland plans to open up a further 20 Iceland and Food Warehouse stores across the UK in the next financial year.”.
The Iceland store in Alphington Road Retail Park, Exeter, also stopped trading permanently yesterday. Exeter’s two other Iceland stores - in Sidwell Street in the city centre and The Food Warehouse by Iceland, in Marsh Barton Road - are unaffected. But shoppers will still be able to get their hands on some Iceland products at the retail park.
This is because some Iceland goods will be sold at The Range store which is opposite. It is understood that Aldi will expand into the space which was occupied by Iceland on Alphington Road, according to reports by DevonLive. An Iceland insider told the publication: “The store has done really well but Aldi is expanding into the space.”.
