Supermarket giant with 1,400 locations to close city centre superstore TODAY
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A SUPERMARKET is closing a popular city centre superstore this weekend. Sainsbury's - which has 1,400 stores nationwide - is shutting the doors on its branch in Foss Bank, York, on Saturday (January 11). The grocery giant said it has decided to pull out of the location when its current lease expires - having first opened there more than 40 years ago in 1984.
The store will close permanently at 6pm. It comes as its store in Stamford Hill, London, is set to close on February 1. After the closure was initially announced in March last year, many locals took to Facebook to share their frustration at the news for many it came as a shock.
![[Exterior of a Sainsbury's and Argos store.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/general-view-outside-sainsburys-argos-692744210.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
One shopper said: “Gutted, I use it every morning,”. Another said: “Awful news for staff and customers, we’ve been shopping there since it opened!”. “Such as shame,” said someone else. A Sainsbury's spokesperson said on Friday: "We would like to thank our loyal customers for their support throughout the store’s many years of serving the local community, and for all the kind messages we have received since this news was announced.
"We understand this will be an unsettling time for everyone this affects and have been committed to doing everything we can to support them – this has included offering opportunities for our colleagues to redeploy to alternative roles within Sainsbury’s.".
