Another icon of the hight street collapsing fuck that’s depressing
Before Covid they used to be open till 8pm, which was really useful. After lockdown our local one has never opened later than 6, meaning by the time I’ve finished work it’s much easier to go to The Range, B&M or Home Bargains who are all open till between 8pm and 10pm depending.
And they actually have stock on the shelves.
Please no. Everything that isn’t food comes from Wilkos, it’s a staple for everything people won’t stock.
They seemed to be doing really well after Woolworths closed as they were main ones doing random ‘bits and bobs’ on the high street, and it’s stuff I’d never consider ordering online. I’m assuming B & M etc have subsequently taken market share, but I thought they were mainly out of town?
Worked there for 4 years up until June, things were definitely on a pretty clear decline. Less stock coming in by the week, some days we didn’t even have any carrier bags. It was just good timing I found something else when I did, really.
And the last refuge of the picknmix has fallen.
When historians in a hundred years ask ‘When did Britain truly fall?’ the answer is now.
Mad. Obviously anecdotal but they’re always heaving whenever I run into one.
Fuck sake, and we still have all the Debenhams carcasses lying about in city centres too.
It’s become a 3rd world country.
Not at all surprised. I worked there many years ago when Stuart Mitchell was the CEO and it was a colossal mess even back then. They had a couple of years of doing really well after Woolworths went under, but made a total mess of the business when they decided to stop selling wide ranges of products.
For a company that used to bang on about being a “Family run business” and that all staff were “part of the family” they sure knew how to treat people like shit.
Their range massively dropped when I worked there, we used to do stock replenishment in the evenings from 6pm to 11pm and we’d struggle massively to get it done in time.
By the time I left we were almost always done by 9pm as the sales and range dropped.
From people I know who still work there they’ve all but scrapped the need for stock replenishment in the evenings as theres simply not enough being sold to need it to be done out of opening hours.
I think the only thing they’ve got left going for them as a reason to even bother going in is that they still allow dogs in their shops.
Easily the most depressing news I’ve heard in a while
Wilko lost its way and its market to discounters like B&M, Homebargains and Poundland.
We have one locally. In 30 years I’ve been in once. It was shockly shit. Neither cheap nor well curated quality. Just shelves of shit. Whoever is the buyer for Wilko should be ashamed. Hopefully free up the shop for someone who is not shit.
Please no, there’s so much useful cheap stuff in Wilko
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DON’T YOU DARE TAKE MY PICK’n’MIX
Another icon of the hight street collapsing fuck that’s depressing
Before Covid they used to be open till 8pm, which was really useful. After lockdown our local one has never opened later than 6, meaning by the time I’ve finished work it’s much easier to go to The Range, B&M or Home Bargains who are all open till between 8pm and 10pm depending.
And they actually have stock on the shelves.
Please no. Everything that isn’t food comes from Wilkos, it’s a staple for everything people won’t stock.
They seemed to be doing really well after Woolworths closed as they were main ones doing random ‘bits and bobs’ on the high street, and it’s stuff I’d never consider ordering online. I’m assuming B & M etc have subsequently taken market share, but I thought they were mainly out of town?
Worked there for 4 years up until June, things were definitely on a pretty clear decline. Less stock coming in by the week, some days we didn’t even have any carrier bags. It was just good timing I found something else when I did, really.
And the last refuge of the picknmix has fallen.
When historians in a hundred years ask ‘When did Britain truly fall?’ the answer is now.
Mad. Obviously anecdotal but they’re always heaving whenever I run into one.
Fuck sake, and we still have all the Debenhams carcasses lying about in city centres too.
It’s become a 3rd world country.
Not at all surprised. I worked there many years ago when Stuart Mitchell was the CEO and it was a colossal mess even back then. They had a couple of years of doing really well after Woolworths went under, but made a total mess of the business when they decided to stop selling wide ranges of products.
For a company that used to bang on about being a “Family run business” and that all staff were “part of the family” they sure knew how to treat people like shit.
Their range massively dropped when I worked there, we used to do stock replenishment in the evenings from 6pm to 11pm and we’d struggle massively to get it done in time.
By the time I left we were almost always done by 9pm as the sales and range dropped.
From people I know who still work there they’ve all but scrapped the need for stock replenishment in the evenings as theres simply not enough being sold to need it to be done out of opening hours.
I think the only thing they’ve got left going for them as a reason to even bother going in is that they still allow dogs in their shops.
Easily the most depressing news I’ve heard in a while
Wilko lost its way and its market to discounters like B&M, Homebargains and Poundland.
We have one locally. In 30 years I’ve been in once. It was shockly shit. Neither cheap nor well curated quality. Just shelves of shit. Whoever is the buyer for Wilko should be ashamed. Hopefully free up the shop for someone who is not shit.
Please no, there’s so much useful cheap stuff in Wilko