Iceland will shut one other 5 shops after closing greater than half a dozen already this 12 months

Grocery store large Iceland is to shut much more shops following a string of closures this 12 months.

The frozen meals specialist has already axed 11 retailers this 12 months as large manufacturers look to chop prices amid rampant inflation and the price of residing disaster.

Now the finances chain has revealed it was be shutting down an extra 5 shops between now and September, bringing the full closures to 16 in 2023.

Among the many newest to be axed is Iceland’s Cowdenbeath Excessive Avenue retailer in Fife, Scotland, will carry down the shutters for good on Saturday, August 12, in accordance with The Solar.

This might be adopted by the retailers web site in Llanelli, Wales, on Saturday, September 2.

Then, on Saturday, September 16, Iceland’s retailer within the Market Buying Centre, Crewe will shut.

Additionally being chopped are the retailer’s websites in St David’s Place, Swansea, and Grange Street, Birkenhead, that are closing on July 29 and September 16 respectively.

Iceland presently has about 500 shops throughout the UK.

However because the cost-of-living disaster continues to grip the nation, grocery store executives have been compelled to rein on spending.

This 12 months has already seen Iceland shutting retailers in Hitchin city centre and Beccles department in Suffolk, which closed on June 17.

Branches in Bromsgrove, Basingstoke and Rhyl have additionally closed for good, in addition to shops in Newport, Berwick and Hexham.

The grocery store, which has opened 200 shops within the final ten years, says any closures it makes are a part of its continuous assessment of its operations.

Richard Walker, government chairman of Iceland Meals, instructed MailOnline: ‘Throughout Iceland and The Meals Warehouse we now have a portfolio of over UK 1,000 shops, and our retail property has grown by practically 200 shops over the past ten years.

‘We sometimes open greater than 20 new shops annually, creating many new jobs and contributing to the expansion of native economies.

‘On the identical time, we frequently assessment the retail expertise provided to our prospects and have at all times made a small variety of retailer closures yearly, as native purchasing patterns change and store leases expire.

‘The enterprise is presently buying and selling very strongly, reaching document market shares.’

A variety of main UK retailers and banks have closed excessive road branches in swathes to this point in 2023. Massive-name manufacturers together with Marks & Spencer , Boots and New Look have closed shops in 2023.

A number of retailers are additionally set to shut branches this month, together with Argos and Poundland.

Some branches might be changed by new shops in numerous areas whereas others are set to depart the excessive road ceaselessly.

The information comes as analysis by the ONS suggests meals costs are falling extra slowly within the UK than most industrialised economies, primarily on account of a reliance on meals imports.

The March fee of meals worth inflation was 21.2 per cent in Germany, versus 19.1 per cent within the UK, 16.9 per cent in France, 13.2 per cent in Italy, 9.7 per cent in Canada, 8.3 per cent within the USA and eight per cent in Japan.

Iceland retailer closures this 12 months

Mill Lane, Bromsgrove – closed on February 25

Chineham Buying Centre in Basingstoke – closed on February 25

White Rose Centre, Rhyl – closed on March 14

South Avenue, Newport, Isle of Wight – closed on March 25

St Catherine’s Place, Bedminster, Bristol – closed on March 25

Deiniol Centre, Bangor – closed on March 27

Newport, South Wales – closed on April 22

Marygate, Berwick- closed on April 22

Flint, Wales – closed on Could 27

Hitchin, North Hertfordshire – closed on June 10

Beccles, Suffolk – closed on June 17

Swansea, Wales – closing on July 29

Cowdenbeath, Fife – closing August 12

Llanelli, South Wales – closing September 2

Crewe, Cheshire – closing September 16

Birkenhead, Merseyside – closing September 26