Iceland confirmed the clsoure in a social media post in May(Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images)Iceland has confirmed the closure of another one of its supermarket stores this month. The frozen food chain confirmed on social media last month that its branch in Shotton would be closing in June.
The Shotton Iceland branch – which is located on Chester Road – is pulling down the shutters for good when the store closes at 4pm on Monday, June 23.
However, shoppers shouldn’t be too worried, as the retailer is opening up a brand new site the very next day. The chain will be opening a new Food Warehouse store in Connah’s Quay at 8am the morning after on Tuesday, June 24.
The new site is based at Deeside Retail Park, the former Queensferry Lidl site. Lidl recently relocated to a new purpose-built store in the area. Before the move, Lidl had served the area for nearly 30 years.
The Food Warehouse – launched by the frozen food retailer back in 2014 – is a larger store format compared to Iceland and offers shoppers an extended range of frozen, chilled and grocery products. Alongside this, it offers larger bulk buy options. Food Warehouse stores typically span 10,000 to 15,000 square feet and are commonly located in retail parks.
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In its social media post, Iceland said: “A brand new The Food Warehouse store will open at Deeside Retail Parc at 8am on Tuesday 24th June! Don’t worry you can still shop with us at any of our neighbouring Iceland or The Food Warehouse stores. This is not goodbye, but see you again soon!”
Iceland already has a presence at Deeside Retail Park through a concession inside The Range store, located next to the soon-to-open Food Warehouse.
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.
However, this comes alongside a few new openings too with a new store in Derby and at Victoria Chambers on London Road.
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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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