A MAJOR supermarket is closing another branch today following a strong of other closures.
Iceland has already shut more than half a dozen stores this year.
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The frozen food specialist is now set to bring the shutters down on its store in Cowden High Street, Fife, today.
Right now, there are around 800 Iceland branches across the UK.
This closure will be followed by its Llanelli store, which will open for the final time on Saturday, September 2.
The chain’s supermarket in the Market Shopping Centre in Crewe and it’s branch in Grange Road, Birkenhead will then close for the last time on Saturday, September 16.
It follows the closures of 12 Iceland supermarkets earlier this year.
You can see the full list of closures below:
- Mill Lane, Bromsgrove – February
- Chineham Shopping Centre, Basingstoke – February
- White Rose Centre, Rhyl – March
- South Street, Newport, Isle of Wight – March
- St Catherine’s Place, Bedminster, Bristol – March
- Deiniol Centre, Bangor – March
- Newport – April
- Berwick – April
- Hexham – April
- Flint, Wales – May
- Beccles, Suffolk – June
- St David’s Place, Swansea – July
It means that by September the total number of Iceland closures this year will hit 16.
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But Iceland has opened a new store in Slough and two new shops under the Food Warehouse brand in Kendal and Aberdeen in recent weeks.
An Iceland spokesperson previously told The Sun: “Across Iceland and The Food Warehouse we have a portfolio of over UK 1,000 stores, and our retail estate has grown by nearly 200 stores over the last ten years.
“We typically open more than 20 new stores each year, creating many new jobs and contributing to the growth of local economies.
“At the same time, we continually review the retail experience offered to our customers and have always made a small number of store closures every year, as local shopping patterns change and shop leases expire.”
Retailers have been feeling the pinch since the pandemic while shoppers are cutting back on spending due to soaring inflation.
High energy costs and a shift to shopping online after the pandemic are also taking a toll and many high street shops have struggled to keep going.
Budget retailer Wilko has entered administration after failing to secure a rescue deal, putting around 12,500 jobs in jeopardy.
But some high street stores have plans to expand including Poundland.
We’ve previously listed all the shops closing down in August including Argos and B&M.
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