The in-store cafe at the busy clothing retailer’s shopping centre location will be packing up its coffee cups.
It’s understood that the cafes at their shops in Edinburgh’s Princes Street, Birmingham High Street and Belfast’s Royal Avenue are also closing.
The special Primark Café has opened inside the clothing retailer’s Braehead store (Image: Primark)
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Staff at one of the cafes posted a video to TikTok with the caption “RIP Primark cafe.”
They also claim in the video that they are being made redundant as the video has text over it which reads: “Us because we are getting made redundant and will never see each other again.”
The popular in-store cafes went through a cycle of different themes, the most recent being for Stranger Things; other themes included The Simpsons , Shrek and Hello Kitty.
People flocked to the comments to share their disappointment at the news, one said: “depressed now cause the cafe music was the only thing that made shifts bareable.”
Another added: “Won’t be the same without yous.”
While a third said: “gbnf primark cafe.”
@.erinkate RIP primark cafe ❤️ #unemployed #cafe #jobless #fyp #primark ♬ original sound – Paddington
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A spokesperson for Primark said: “We know how important our stores are to our customers and we’re constantly reviewing them to ensure we provide the best shopping experience.
“As we’ve expanded our own product offering, we are adapting our spaces so that each store is best set up to cater to local customer preferences.
“As part of this, we have been reviewing our in-store concessions and considering how we maximise and best use the space we have in our stores.
“Over the next 12 months customers will start to see the closure of some concessions.
“These decisions are being informed by the size and location of each store.”
Primark has confirmed that this includes branches in Glasgow’s Braehead Shopping Centre, Edinburgh’s Princes Street, Birmingham’s High Street, and Belfast’s Royal Avenue.
The spokesperson continued: “As this will be managed over the next 12 months and beyond, no Primark colleagues are currently impacted.
“However, we appreciate it may impact some of our partners and we’re committed to managing this process with care and transparency, supporting them throughout.”