{"id":115067,"date":"2025-05-19T19:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T19:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/115067\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T19:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T19:02:12","slug":"major-high-street-chain-set-to-shut-store-after-more-than-40-years-of-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/115067\/","title":{"rendered":"Major high street chain set to shut store after &#8216;more than 40 years of trading&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Superdrug has more than 800 outlets and in January, closed one of its stores in Bournemouth<\/p>\n<p>15:37, 19 May 2025Updated 15:38, 19 May 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_shoppers.jpg\" alt=\"Superdrug has more than 800 outlets and in January,\u00a0closed one of its stores in Bournemouth\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Superdrug has more than 800 outlets and in January,\u00a0closed one of its stores in Bournemouth<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Superdrug is set to shut one of its 800 UK stores &#8211; after more than 40 years of trading and service customers. Superdrug has confirmed its Grantham store will shut in August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One local fumed over the decision, writing on social media: \u201cThis town is dying.\u201d And a second said: \u201cSo sad. Grantham will have nothing soon.\u201d Another added: \u201cBe empty shops everywhere soon.\u201d One said: \u201cHeard the sad news today that Superdrug will be closing down. Been in Grantham for over 40 years. This town is dying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Superdrug has more than 800 outlets and in January, closed one of its stores in Bournemouth. The retailer did not explain why the Grantham store was closing but thanked its customers for their support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/shopping\/new-rules-over-using-popular-31671021\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE New rules over using popular payment method in UK kick in on Monday<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesperson said: \u201cWe can confirm that our Superdrug store in Grantham will be closing on Saturday 9 August. This branch will continue to trade until this date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cAll team members will be supported during this process and individually consulted regarding potential opportunities within the business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cWe apologise for any inconvenience this closure may cause and sincerely thank our customers for their continued support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Centre for Retail Research (CRR) has also warned that around 17,350 retail sites are expected to shut down this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It comes on the back of a tough 2024 when 13,000 shops closed their doors for good, already a 28% increase on the previous year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Professor Joshua Bamfield, director of the CRR said: &#8220;The results for 2024 show that although the outcomes for store closures overall were not as poor as in either 2020 or 2022, they are still disconcerting, with worse set to come in 2025.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Bamfield said: &#8220;By increasing both the costs of running stores and the costs on each consumer&#8217;s household it is highly likely that we will see retail job losses eclipse the height of the pandemic in 2020.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Superdrug has more than 800 outlets and in January, closed one of its stores in Bournemouth 15:37, 19&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15,961],"class_list":{"0":"post-115067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-your-money"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114536051377883238","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}