{"id":693934,"date":"2026-01-13T21:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/693934\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T21:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:09:14","slug":"glasgow-primark-braehead-store-to-close-in-store-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/693934\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow Primark Braehead store to close in-store cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The in-store cafe at the busy clothing retailer&#8217;s shopping centre location will be packing up its coffee cups.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It&#8217;s understood that the cafes at their shops in Edinburgh\u2019s Princes Street, Birmingham High Street and Belfast\u2019s Royal Avenue are also closing.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The special Primark Caf\u00e9 has opened inside the clothing retailer&#8217;s Braehead store (Image: Primark)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Staff at one of the cafes posted a video to TikTok with the caption &#8220;RIP Primark cafe.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They also claim in the video that they are being made redundant as the video has text over it which reads: &#8220;Us because we are getting made redundant and will never see each other again.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The popular in-store cafes went through a cycle of different themes, the most recent being for Stranger Things; other themes included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/24858115.simpsons-themed-cafe-opens-primark-braehead-store\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Simpsons<\/a> , Shrek and Hello Kitty.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  People flocked to the comments to share their disappointment at the news, one said: &#8220;depressed now cause the cafe music was the only thing that made shifts bareable.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Another added: &#8220;Won\u2019t be the same without yous.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  While a third said: &#8220;gbnf primark cafe.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@.erinkate\/video\/7594147252990430486\" data-video-id=\"7594147252990430486\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\"><p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@.erinkate?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"@.erinkate\">@.erinkate<\/a> RIP primark cafe \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/unemployed?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"unemployed\">#unemployed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/cafe?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"cafe\">#cafe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/jobless?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"jobless\">#jobless<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"fyp\">#fyp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/primark?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"primark\">#primark<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7293462852097018656?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Paddington\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Paddington<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ NEXT:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for Primark said: \u201cWe know how important our stores are to our customers and we\u2019re constantly reviewing them to ensure we provide the best shopping experience.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cAs we\u2019ve expanded our own product offering, we are adapting our spaces so that each store is best set up to cater to local customer preferences.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cAs 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.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cOver the next 12 months customers will start to see the closure of some concessions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;These decisions are being informed by the size and location of each store.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Primark has confirmed that this includes branches in Glasgow\u2019s Braehead Shopping Centre, Edinburgh\u2019s Princes Street, Birmingham&#8217;s High Street, and Belfast\u2019s Royal Avenue.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The spokesperson continued: \u201cAs this will be managed over the next 12 months and beyond, no Primark colleagues are currently impacted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cHowever, we appreciate it may impact some of our partners and we\u2019re committed to managing this process with care and transparency, supporting them throughout.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The in-store cafe at the busy clothing retailer&#8217;s shopping centre location will be packing up its coffee cups.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-693934","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115889842746916564","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693934","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=693934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}