DevonDeathTrip 2,387 Posted November 28, 2024 I really worry about Tetleys going the same way. It would leave a cataclysmic void in my life if they went bust . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sod's Law 503 Posted November 28, 2024 1 hour ago, Bentrovato said: awful pun. Which comedian do you write for? Tim Vine? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 535 Posted November 29, 2024 16 hours ago, Toast said: Interesting unsubstantiated claim on Wikipedia: In 2022, the Typhoo brand was ranked 5 in sales volume in the UK in spite of being deemed to have the largest production output; this mismatch is due to major supermarkets' own-labelled tea brands being largely supplied by Typhoo.[citation needed] Usually this is pretty good for a brand though. The revenue isn't quite as good as selling the product fully yourself, but if you excess production capacity and nobody is going to buy that much of your product, it can be a pretty good deal. In this case it doesn't seem like that worked, which could be an issue with how much they were getting from the stores. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,788 Posted December 1, 2024 JG Windows, a music store in Newcastle that's been trading since 1908 has gone into liquidation. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,154 Posted December 2, 2024 Typhoo no longer saying goodbye, kind of. Manufacturing going overseas. Typhoo Tea rescued by vape maker Supreme - BBC News 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,780 Posted December 20, 2024 On 27/11/2024 at 13:22, time said: A development which absolutely nobody could have foreseen... Brighton's i360 enters administration It owes Brighton & Hove City Council £51,000,000. i360 has officially ceased operations; staff laid-off without pay. Merry Christmas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,953 Posted December 20, 2024 Big Lots to go out of business unless it can find a buyer. Nearly has 1,000 stores across the US. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,573 Posted December 21, 2024 Party City closing their stores in the US 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoltonMoney 347 Posted December 21, 2024 8 hours ago, Phantom said: Party City closing their stores in the US I never should've stolen that Hershey's Kiss when I was 7 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoltonMoney 347 Posted December 23, 2024 The Container Store files for bankruptcy, but the CEO maintains that they're here to stay. I guess people don't put as many things into things anymore. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,573 Posted December 24, 2024 Potential takeover of Big Lots fell through. They'll be closing all their stores 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,454 Posted January 10 Ricki's and Cleo's, owned by parent company Comark Holdings, shutting all 221 Canadian stores as it files for creditor protection. Montreal-based retailer Frank and Oak seeks creditor protection. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/frank-and-oak-rickis-cleo-creditor-protection-1.7425941 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sod's Law 503 Posted Thursday at 14:27 Sainsbury's axing 3,000 jobs and closing all cafes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvged0x5ykxo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,371 Posted Thursday at 17:27 2 hours ago, Sod's Law said: Sainsbury's axing 3,000 jobs and closing all cafes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvged0x5ykxo There's a big Sainsbury a few minutes down the road from the garage where I take my car for MOT. I used to go in their café and have breakfast while I was waiting for the car to be done, but they closed it ages ago. Really miss it. It's about another five minutes walk into the town centre so it was dead handy. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 311 Posted Thursday at 17:36 The café in our local branch failed to reopen after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, becoming an Argos counter. This is a town centre branch, with several other cafés and coffee shops within a short walking distance, plus four of five pubs that also do food. The café itself was fairly small and had a limited selection of food. When the building first opened as a supermarket in the late 1970s the area was a separate wines & spirits department, with restricted opening hours due to the then licensing laws. It later became a café under the previous owners once these licensing laws changed. Sainsbury's kept the café when they took over the building around 25 years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,815 Posted 19 hours ago https://news.sky.com/story/wh-smith-in-secret-talks-to-sell-historic-high-street-arm-13295955 WH Smith selling all its high street stores. Big blow to many high streets deld ing in who buys it and a big issue for the Post Office. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sod's Law 503 Posted 11 hours ago 8 hours ago, The Old Crem said: https://news.sky.com/story/wh-smith-in-secret-talks-to-sell-historic-high-street-arm-13295955 WH Smith selling all its high street stores. Big blow to many high streets deld ing in who buys it and a big issue for the Post Office. I know they tend to draw a lot of comments along the lines of 'why are they still around?', but I'd rather have them there instead of yet more empty abandoned shop units. There are towns near me where Smiths and Wilko took up a huge chunk of the high street and they obviously don't have their Wilko's anymore, so this isn't good. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,815 Posted 10 hours ago 27 minutes ago, Sod's Law said: I know they tend to draw a lot of comments along the lines of 'why are they still around?', but I'd rather have them there instead of yet more empty abandoned shop units. There are towns near me where Smiths and Wilko took up a huge chunk of the high street and they obviously don't have their Wilko's anymore, so this isn't good. Will they being sold for so much money the new owners will have to keep some of them around at least to get some of that money back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sleepiestpeep 166 Posted 9 hours ago 1 hour ago, Sod's Law said: I know they tend to draw a lot of comments along the lines of 'why are they still around?', but I'd rather have them there instead of yet more empty abandoned shop units. There are towns near me where Smiths and Wilko took up a huge chunk of the high street and they obviously don't have their Wilko's anymore, so this isn't good. I don't disagree - but Wilko was a much bigger loss, I think. WHS will only be a blow because it's absorbed so many post offices. I spent a year working in one about ten years back, when I was bouncing between retail jobs in my early twenties, and every WHS shop I saw the back room of was falling apart and stuffed to the rafters with unsellable tat in a way no other retailer could match. Genuinely astonishing they're still here ten years later. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,815 Posted 9 hours ago 7 minutes ago, Sleepiestpeep said: I don't disagree - but Wilko was a much bigger loss, I think. WHS will only be a blow because it's absorbed so many post offices. I spent a year working in one about ten years back, when I was bouncing between retail jobs in my early twenties, and every WHS shop I saw the back room of was falling apart and stuffed to the rafters with unsellable tat in a way no other retailer could matcch. Genuinely astonishing they're still here ten years later. Some of the big out of town shopping centres would miss them as the possibly the only place to buy a newspaper - high streets less so as there is always a mini Tesco or such like nearby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
