The stores will close over the coming few weeks (Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images)Two Iceland stores will be closing for good in the coming few weeks. The first site closing will be its store in Margate which is pulling down the shutters in June. The second will be the branch in Inverness.
The Margate site has been located on Rose Street in College Square for the last decade, and is scheduled to shut next month on June 21. The chain’s Inverness store – which is located at Rose Street Retail Park – is earmarked for closure on July 12.
Iceland has not confirmed the reasons behind the closure of both sites. It’s important to note that retailers and supermarkets close stores for a variety of reasons, and it doesn’t just mean they are in trouble. Some close because the tenancy has come to an end on the site, or because the branch is not as profitable as others.
The supermarket said it had entered into a consultation process with workers at the affected Iceland stores, and both groups have been offered other roles within the businesses.
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Iceland has closed a handful of stores over the last few months, which included its Welling branch in London., as well as its stores on Shenley Road, Borehamwood and Alphington Road Retail Park in Exeter.
In February, Iceland closed its Derby Shopping Centre branch, however, this was relocated to the nearby London Road.
The retailer has also recently opened a brand new supermarket site in Derby. This week, the retailer unveiled its new store at Victoria Chambers on London Road on Tuesday, May 20. The frozen food retailer said the new Iceland store expanded its product offering to give local residents an “all-new shopping experience”.
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The new opening joins Iceland’s other branches in the area, including its Iceland store in Chaddesden and The Food Warehouse store in Kingsway Retail Park. The new supermarket store is open from Monday to Saturday from 8am until 8pm, and from 11am until 5pm on Sundays.
Earlier this year, the company announced plans to open 20 Iceland and Food Warehouse stores by the end of April. At the time, the group’s bosses claimed that its new 500,000 square foot £100million distribution centre in Warrington would be “game-changing” for the business.
The Omega Park Site in Warrington – which opened in partnership with GXO in February – supplies around 350 Iceland stores across the north west of England, the Scottish borders and Wales.
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