Has anyone any idea what has happened to Kwik Slave, have they finally gone tits up?

http://www.kwiksave.co.uk/docs/Press%20Release.pdf (which is embargoed until tonight at midnight apparently) says they're under new management, and there will be no redundancies :)

I went to the Hillsborough branch this morning and they had the shutters half way down with a member of staff stood there and just a sign on the shutter saying it was closed.I felt sorry for some of the old people that were turning up for their bits of shopping,only to find it shut.

owdlad, is there no depth you will explore to play the field with these ladies?

2 weeks ago it was Netto, the Goddess of Shopping who received the benefit of your affection.

Last week it was Lidl, another Spirit of the distant Ether.

Now it's Quick Save......the saviour of the Elders of our society.....

Who next for the object of your affection?..:hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

I went to the Hillsborough branch this morning and they had the shutters half way down with a member of staff stood there and just a sign on the shutter saying it was closed.I felt sorry for some of the old people that were turning up for their bits of shopping,only to find it shut.

The same thing has happened at Killamarsh. :confused: What a strange carry on.

Somerfield has sold Kwik Save...existing large profitable stores are being converted over to Somerfield, the rest are going to continue trading as Kwik Save under new Management (headed by the Chief Exec of Peacocks).

Best thing for Kwik Save...Somerfield have totally missed the plot in managing those stores - had no idea! A new Management team who actually want to make the stores work will do the Kwik Save brand wonders but it will be totally separate from Somerfield.

Most field and support centre staff have been put on 90 days notice periods and 500 jobs will be going but obviously there will be a lot of staff transferred to the new Kwik Save.

Has anyone any idea what has happened to Kwik Slave, have they finally gone tits up?

Your old kwik - save bags might be worth a bob or two on e-bay in a decade or two:hihi:

The whole somerfield company has bieng tok over by Apex i think

Your old kwik - save bags might be worth a bob or two on e-bay in a decade or two:hihi:

Better invest in some long sticks for fishing them out of trees then. ;)

kwik-save at hillsborough is to shut at the end of march,been in today and they are already selling some of the goods off.

Have just been in kwik save in hillsboro only to find signs everywhere saying closing down. Apperently the store will cease trading on 31st march and all staff been made redundant. Lots of items being reduced with upto 50% off, some real bargains to be had. Anybody know why they are closing the staff seemed abit vague and what will be in it's place.

The Kwik Save brand has been sold by Somerfield to a new company, but Hillsborough isn't on the list of stores that have been sold.

Kwik save has been subject to a management buy out, they said on the news this morning that all stores and staff would be safe ?

Bit of a quick U turn there then :suspect:

The Hillsborough Centre was up for sale recently. Maybe any new buyer has plans for the place....

I guess the Firth park one is going or is going back to a sommerfield as its not listed as a store on the website

Andy

Let's hope that that merchant banker called John Dennis from Barnsley gets his comeupance, and Kwik Slave pull the rug out from under his sordid back stabbing feet. :thumbsup:

I went in today and was chatting to a member of staff. Apparently Netto have put in bids for 29 of the Kwik Save shops and been succesfull in getting 20. The Hillsborough one is one they have bid for but as of today, haven't got (yet). The staff are being treated Pretty badly too. If they get a new job between now and 30th March (when it closes) they don't get any redundancy and for every day they are off sick from now until it shuts, they lose 10% of their redundancy money. That stinks.

Having said that, I did get a half price CD player today!!! :D

kwik-save at hillsborough is to shut at the end of march,been in today and they are already selling some of the goods off.
The Rovvrem one has chickens going cheap...

The Rovvrem one has chickens going cheap...

The old ones are the oldest, eh Don? :)

The old ones are the oldest, eh Don? :)


Shsssuuuusssshhhhh...Don't mention age, please. He is very sensitive since he got to 40 last week.

Had his teeth and everything else checked out..........by a Vet.

He's OK but the Vet is in recovery....:hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

heard today that kwik save at hillsborough is going to be taken over by PEACOCKS, not exactley what we need is it.

Apparently the kwiksave in the hillsborough precinct is to close fairly soon. Anyone know why? Anyone care?

So are Peacocks extending their current shop into Kwik Save or moving premises?

We need a good local supermarket. Co-op is too expensive and Morrisons is too far to just pop in for a loaf of bread. :mad:

It's already shut mate, well they had the shutters down when I was in the Precinct on Monday.

well it was open today!

Already a thread about this. Kwik save been bought out and will close on 31st march.

So what do people want to see in its place? Hopefully another supermarket of some sort will move in there otherwise it will be another nail in the coffin of Hillsborough.

I must say personally I think a little Sainsbury's would be good because there isn't one anywhere in the North of the city, unless you count Jackson's by the Star and Garter on St Philip's Road, which is now a sort of Sainsbury's.

I can't see Sainsbury's opening in there - they would want long opening hours and the centre isn't open at night.

Not sure what sort of operator would want the site. The whole centre is pretty grim, dark and uninspiring and a passer-by doesn't know what shops are in there without actually entering. It needs a refurb.

So a chain bookstore for example, or other shops that people might like to see, probably wouldn't want that location. So maybe it'll become a 'Bright House' or similar.

I'd like to see Waitrose opening in the old Kwiksave store but I suspect it will more than likely be a Netto or Aldi.

I'd like to see Waitrose opening in the old Kwiksave store but I suspect it will more than likely be a Netto or Aldi.

Hillsborough's not posh enough for Waitrose mate, and it won't be a Netto or an Aldi cos of the Netto in Catchbar Lane and there's also the Aldi on Halifax Road.

Hillsborough's not posh enough for Waitrose mate, and it won't be a Netto or an Aldi cos of the Netto in Catchbar Lane and there's also the Aldi on Halifax Road.

Where is the Aldi on Halifax Road,I thought it was Lidol?

So maybe it'll become a 'Bright House' or similar.

Bright House has already opened in Morrisons doubt they would open 2 stores that close together!

Where is the Aldi on Halifax Road,I thought it was Lidol?

Correct - Aldi could do well in the Kwik-Save location.

I've heard a whisper that the rates in Hillsborough are too much for the cheaper end of supermarkets, and the better ones won't really be bothered, I shouldn't imagine.

Where is the Aldi on Halifax Road,I thought it was Lidol?

Aldi, Lidl.. Same difference mate, they're both pretty much the same kind of shop.

Aldi, Lidl, Netto - all Scandanavian for s**t!:hihi: :hihi:

The old ones are the oldest......sorry, best.


(Yes I know Lidl is German)

Jim:thumbsup:

ALdi, Lidl and Netto all Suck. Would be nice to see something like a Samll Sainsbury's there. Kwik Save had everything going for them there, easy access for the old people and to the carpark. Easy to navigate aisles and a great range of different foods and brands. My Dad looked distraught when I told him Kwik Save was closing down....

Hillsborough's not posh enough for Waitrose mate, and it won't be a Netto or an Aldi cos of the Netto in Catchbar Lane and there's also the Aldi on Halifax Road.

not posh enough for waitrose eh! not posh enough for netto or aldi you mean, open a pound land thats about hillsboroughs barrow!!:hihi: :hihi:

I think Somerfield have bought them out, all to make way for more Somerfield stores. So may well be that what will be there.

Apparently the kwiksave in the hillsborough precinct is to close fairly soon. Anyone know why? Anyone care?

Have a look in this thread Herbert. http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=93089

and for future reference the search button is over there <----------;)

There was a residents group meeting on Wednesday, when this was mentioned, it appears that the precinct has changed hands, and been taken over by a company called either Axa or Axia, didn't get the spelling.

I think Somerfield have bought them out, all to make way for more Somerfield stores. So may well be that what will be there.

Chloe, Kwik Slave have been owned by Scummerfield for around six or seven years, they are in the process of selling off some of their stores.

By the way did you hear that Maggie Thatcher wasn't still the PM?

How about Hario's,he will soon transform the architecture to retro pre 1940! ;)

The kwiksave at Firth Park is going back to Sommerfields apparantly, so maybe the one at Hillsborough will follow suit.

No I didn't know that owdlad. My boyfriend is manager of Somerfield and I heard him speaking about this recently that's all. Sorry my information wasn't up to scratch, but we're not all perfect

And I also know that Kwik Save has been owned by Somerfield for a long time, seeing as I worked at Somerfield myself for nearly 3 years

Heard that the old kwik-save shop is going to be a Home Bargains shop,there is one of these down the bottom of the moor,also heard the greenwoods shop at hillsborough corner is to be a Subway sandwich shop.

If you're looking to play the field owdlad, and plan to abandon your beloved Netto for another pile-'em-high flog-'em-cheap, you could always try Aldi...

Have never been able to eat anything from Netto... even if it's branded stuff.

Going back to school days and having to hide the putrid Netto beans behind branded stuff when mates came round for fear of being ridiculed because of it. Plus Bensons crisps which smell, when opened, like a recently released Chinese takeaway-inspired trump. Plus the smell of their plastic bags which smell like a recently opened, still lubricated, condom sachet.

Still retch at the smell of Netto baked beans, my first releationship in year 7 had to be ended because of, in home economics, a tin of Netto beans was brought out and couldn't get away from the smell - even going to the cinema the stench of Netto beans seemed to stick to her.

Kiwk save, however, for some reason don't inspire the same hatred. Nor do Aldi or Lidl.

I do hope the Kwik Save site at hillsborough,will become a £1 shop.I love them,and will save me going down The Moor every week,and visisting all those.:thumbsup:

I do hope the Kwik Save site at hillsborough,will become a £1 shop.I love them,and will save me going down The Moor every week,and visisting all those.:thumbsup:

Good Lord, can't you keep thoughts like that private :o

home bargains are opeing in the old kwick save in the precinct, wilks and hillsborough discounts gonna have some competition

I do hope the Kwik Save site at hillsborough,will become a £1 shop.I love them,and will save me going down The Moor every week,and visisting all those.:thumbsup:

You do know that Quid shops tend to be highly frequented by Chavs right?!

And no, I do not go to Quid shops, so don't even start... You all KNOW who I'm referring to here.