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WillPS wrote:Stead & Simpson was purchased out of administration in 2008. The same group purchased Shoefayre from The Co-operative Group the previous year.

I remember their rebranded it into a new green frontage a few years ago, but to just close it down and then move to a brand new shop seems strange.

Has all the old wikos disappeared yet?

barcode wrote:

WillPS wrote:Stead & Simpson was purchased out of administration in 2008. The same group purchased Shoefayre from The Co-operative Group the previous year.

I remember their rebranded it into a new green frontage a few years ago, but to just close it down and then move to a brand new shop seems strange.

Has all the old wikos disappeared yet?

Newp - at both ends of the spectrum, what I believe was the last to receive the old fascia:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=wilkin ... 22,,0,3.33

and, what must be one of the oldest stores in the chain:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en_uk ... yNiXFchwCQ

No My Wilko still has the 90s style logo, saying that they company I work for has loads of shops in the pre 2005 logo still.

DJDave wrote:No My Wilko still has the 90s style logo, saying that they company I work for has loads of shops in the pre 2005 logo still.

Robert Dyas? The Entertainer? The Works?

Robert Dyas.

Anyone remember Ryan (Pointless) Pannell? That's where he worked.

WillPS wrote:

DJDave wrote:No My Wilko still has the 90s style logo, saying that they company I work for has loads of shops in the pre 2005 logo still.

Robert Dyas? The Entertainer? The Works?

Peacocks

barcode wrote:

WillPS wrote:Stead & Simpson was purchased out of administration in 2008. The same group purchased Shoefayre from The Co-operative Group the previous year.

I remember their rebranded it into a new green frontage a few years ago, but to just close it down and then move to a brand new shop seems strange.

Has all the old wikos disappeared yet?

The one within Hull's Prospect Shopping Centre still has the old logo.

JAS84 wrote:

barcode wrote:

WillPS wrote:Stead & Simpson was purchased out of administration in 2008. The same group purchased Shoefayre from The Co-operative Group the previous year.

I remember their rebranded it into a new green frontage a few years ago, but to just close it down and then move to a brand new shop seems strange.

Has all the old wikos disappeared yet?

The one within Hull's Prospect Shopping Centre still has the old logo.

But, more importantly, do they stock Milk? If so, is said milk available at a price contrary to the Hull milk cartel's guidelines?

barcode wrote:Has all the old wikos disappeared yet?

The one in Stretford Mall (Manchester) hasn't been updated.

Although shenanigans involving an extension being built to the (far from full) centre and an Aldi moving into where Wilkinson's currently is means they've decided to close up rather than moving elsewhere in the mall, which is a nuisance (they're pretty handy).

Nick Harvey wrote:Robert Dyas.

Anyone remember Ryan (Pointless) Pannell? That's where he worked.

Memmmorieeess...

DAS wrote:Memmmorieeess...

Yay! First post since somewhen in 2010. Welcome back!