High Street chain collapse sweepstake

[WillPS]

I really liked the sign they put up redirecting people to the next nearest store... which is in Nottingham!

That store was always quite busy as a Somerfield and Co-op, never even saw a line after it switched to Budgens.

[Whataday]

That happens quite often in Cardiff when a store closes, directing customers to their nearest store in Bristol!

[Andrew]

My local Staples has now been rebranded as "Office Outlet" with new red signage covering the old signs

[JAS84]

Laser Quest is closing down in Hull. The franchisee has announced it only one week prior to closing, blaming lack of footfall in it's location - but it's funny how the news came only a day before Laser Station launched! The owner probably thought his older venue couldn't compete with the new one.

[thegeek]

Westfield Stratford's Phones4u is becoming an O2 store. There's currently a hoarding across the front directing would-be customers to their nearest store, which is two floors below.

... And I guess the lease is up, because it's closing soon. It did seem a bit of overkill having two stores so close.

[JAS84]

Brantano have gone into administration.

[JAS84]

And now Jaeger have joined them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39557933

[Whataday]

In short the stores affected are the ones which were originally Somerfields stores before the Co-Operative brought them out, and then sold them on to Budgens.

I wonder how many of those were originally Kwik Save stores. I can think of a few that made the conversion to Somerfield and then Co-Operative but didn't make it go Budgens.

[WillPS]

In short the stores affected are the ones which were originally Somerfields stores before the Co-Operative brought them out, and then sold them on to Budgens.

I wonder how many of those were originally Kwik Save stores. I can think of a few that made the conversion to Somerfield and then Co-Operative but didn't make it go Budgens.

Of the 3 I know about (Watton, Sherwood and Sheffield) only Sherwood was previously a Kwik Save - it was completely demolished and rebuilt as a Somerfield around the time they sold Kwik Save off.

[james2001]

During the brief period that one in Nottingham was a co-op, there was already another co-op down the road a matter of a few shops away, no wonder it didn't last long.

[Charlie Wells]

In short the stores affected are the ones which were originally Somerfields stores before the Co-Operative brought them out, and then sold them on to Budgens.

I wonder how many of those were originally Kwik Save stores. I can think of a few that made the conversion to Somerfield and then Co-Operative but didn't make it go Budgens.

From memory ours was a Gateways store when I was very young.