Iceland will close more stores within weeks after shutting more than half a dozen this year… are they near YOU?
- The company has more than 800 Iceland stores and 153 Food Warehouse shops
- It has closed half a dozen branches in recent months and more will shut soon
Iceland is set to close more stores in the coming weeks after permanently shutting half a dozen branches in recent months.
The frozen goods specialist has closed shops around the UK since the start of the year, as big brands look to cut costs amid rampant inflation and the cost-of-living crisis.
This weekend three branches – in Newport, Berwick and Hexham – closed their doors permanently, forcing customers in these areas to change their shopping habits.
Iceland is set to close more stores in the coming weeks. Pictured: An Iceland branch in Slough, which is not being closed
The supermarket, which it has opened 200 stores in the last 10 years, says any closures it makes are part of its continual review of its operations.
And now it has confirmed that two more of its stores in England and Wales are set to go in the next couple of months.
The first will be its Iceland store in Flint, Wales, which is set to close on May 27, The Sun reports.
This will be followed by the companies Iceland branch in Beccles, Suffolk, which will close permanently on June 17.
The firm, which has more than 800 Iceland branches and 153 Food Warehouse stores across the country, opened 24 new shops last year.
In a statement given to The Sun, the firm said: ‘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.
‘The business is currently trading very strongly, achieving record market shares.’
MailOnline has contacted Iceland for comment.
Earlier this year the brand closed branches in Bromsgrove, Basingstoke, Rhyl, Isle of Wight, Bedminster and Bangor.
However, some of these were followed by branch openings shortly afterwards – the firm opened a Food Warehouse in Bangor the day after it closed the Iceland store in the city.
Iceland, which specialises in frozen foods but has branched out in recent years to expand its offering, recorded an operating loss of £4million for the six months up to September.
