Co-op stores sold off to Budgens.

[lazarus 68]

I have just read that the co-op have sold 36 ex Somerfield stores to Budgens, one of these in Sheffield, does anyone know which one? As far as I am aware with the recent closure of Firth Park there is only Ecclesall Road and Pinstone Street that could be involved.

 

Pinstone Street, the new signs are already up and it opens on Saturday.

[Jeffrey Shaw 93]

Unfortunately the staff in that Co-Op on Pinstone St will just transfer over to the new company, in my experience the staff in that branch are some of the rudest, miserable and ignorant staff I have ever encountered in retail.

So they're not "Good with Food", despite the signs?

[Hambeast 10]

So they're not "Good with Food", despite the signs?

 

Not good with anything in my experience of going in there.

 

As an aside, the Co-Op petrol station at the bottom of East Bank Road (?) behind the B&Q is closing next week as well, for a week, as someone new has bought it. The lass did tell me who had bought it but I had never heard of them.

[scargill 10]

I have just found out that around 240 co-op stores are being sold to McColls from what I hear there are a few of the stores in Sheffield that are part of the package, does anyone know which stores are effected?

My thoughts are with the staff at these stores as many co-op colleagues are long serving and dedicated to the co-op, and also with the customers who are going to loose a trusted local store.

[Daven 10]

But possibly get a more competitive one maybe ?

[scargill 10]

But possibly get a more competitive one maybe ?

 

And possibly a better fit in the areas they trade, McColls certainly don't sell the fresh ranges that the co-op sell.

[woah 10]

Here are the stores around South Yorkshire that have been sold to McColls:

 

Greendale - S18 2LJ

Worksop Road - S26 4EA

Wales Road - S26 6RB

Harthill - S26 7YH

Margetson Crescent - S5 9ND

Kimberworth Park - S61 3BA

Kimberworth Park (St Johns Green) - S61 3JL

Flanderwell - S66 2HB

Birdwell - S70 5SW

Great Houghton - S72 0DB

Hutcliffe Wood Road - S8 0EX

Low Edges Road - S8 7LB

Jordanthorpe Centre - S8 8DX

Blyth Worksop - S81 8EW

[Fudbeer 12]

Not good news McColls as far as I'm concerned certainly seem a more downmarket offering.

[Marx 10]

The one on Pinstone Street is now a Waitrose I think. Must have happened very quickly. The coke snorting, prostitute buying, Christian former chief exec of Co-Op really screwed it over.

[RiffRaff 10]

Here are the stores around South Yorkshire that have been sold to McColls:

 

Greendale - S18 2LJ

Worksop Road - S26 4EA

Wales Road - S26 6RB

Harthill - S26 7YH

Margetson Crescent - S5 9ND

Kimberworth Park - S61 3BA

Kimberworth Park (St Johns Green) - S61 3JL

Flanderwell - S66 2HB

Birdwell - S70 5SW

Great Houghton - S72 0DB

Hutcliffe Wood Road - S8 0EX

Low Edges Road - S8 7LB

Jordanthorpe Centre - S8 8DX

Blyth Worksop - S81 8EW

 

Add Dronfield Stonelow to that list...

[Zarniwoop 10]

The one on Pinstone Street is now a Waitrose I think

 

No, it's Budgens, Waitrose is at the bottom of ecclesall road

[haddy 10]

Scawthorpe & scawsby at Doncaster are on that