Iceland shutting two more stores - taking number of shops closed this year to 13

29 June 2023 , 08:56

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Iceland will be shutting two more stores this year taking the overall number of store closures to 14.

The popular frozen food supermarket chain announced earlier this year that it was to shut down several of its sites.

Two sites closed in February, four in March, two more in April, one in May and a further two in June.

The first store to go in this round of closures will be the frozen food specialist's Swansea City Centre store based at St David's Place.

This site will be shutting its doors for good in one month's time on Saturday, July 29 at 6pm.

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Local residents will continue to be able to shop at the chain's sister store The Food Warehouse at Parc Tawe Retail Park, and its Iceland stores at Phoenix Retail Park in Llamsamlet.

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The second score to go will be the chain's Birkenhead store.

The Iceland site on Grange Rd, next to Pyramids Shopping Centre, will close for good on September 16 at 6pm.

In a statement about the closures this year, an Iceland spokesperson previously told the Mirror: "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.

"The business is currently trading very strongly, achieving record market shares."

Iceland has more than 800 branches and 153 Food Warehouse stores across the UK, and last year opened 24 new branches.

Full list of Iceland closures this year

1. Mill Lane, Bromsgrove - closed on February 25
2. Chineham Shopping Centre in Basingstoke - closed on February 25
3. White Rose Centre, Rhyl - closed on March 14
4. South Street, Newport, Isle of Wight - closed on March 25
5. St Catherine’s Place, Bedminster, Bristol - closed on March 25
6. Deiniol Centre, Bangor - closed on March 27
7. Newport, South Wales - closed on April 22
8. Marygate, Berwick- closed on April 22
9. Harrow, London - closed on May 6
10. Flint, Wales - closed on May 27
11. Hitchin, North Hertfordshire - closed on June 10
12. Beccles, Suffolk - closed on June 17
13. Swansea, Wales - to close on July 29
14. Birkenhead, Wirral - to close September 16

The Mirror has contacted Iceland for comment on the closures.

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