asda buys bigw stores

elly_2

didnt know where to post this but to anyone whos interested asda have bought 2 big w stores bolton and aberdeen. the bolton store is on manchester rd and will be opened as asda superstore in may.

Mumstheword

that's a shame, i like big w in bolton.....
on the other hand...closing down sales...wahay!

there's already an asda at farnworth. seems a bit close for another.

rushnowt

what a shame, i go to big w in bolton too sometimes, i think all the rest are a bit further away for me,so a bit of a downer really, it does seem a bit odd that they should open another asda so close to the other one, maybe its to compete with the nearby morrisons :-/ :-/

closing down sale tho is at least some conselation ;D ;D

plumb1_2

And they are going to use the nearby dog-track for Trolley race,s ;D

JayUk04

yeah , Woolies are gettin rid of BIG W, all the stores will be either downsized and rebranded woolworths and refitted to the new woolies format or totally sold off.

casper2004

Yeah its good for the buying of cheap stuff, but I am worried that Asda and the like are on a complete world takeover.

Do we need supermarkets on ever corner in our towns.

Another thing lots of people forget is that when their company closes down or moves dept's to the developing world is that in some cases it is caused by the these gaints of retailing, where these people who have lost there jobs shop at.

I still believe in the market and competition but not to the extent that there is only one left.

Just me having a small rant.

Alison_B

The ASDA at Farnworth is pretty bad for parking quite a lot of the time. Maybe they will sell that site and make the Big W site their permanent store.

BoltonMinx

Thats a shame, loved popping in now and again to see what bargains were in store - its much bigger than the town centre woolies. Will have to keep an eye out for the closing down sale as mentioned earlier

howalsh

Not Bolton! Thats my Christmas shopping 2005 ruined!
Any idea when the closing down sale starts?

casper2004

The aberdeen one was advertising on local radio about a sale already, didnt hear all the details.

pingu

they were going to rebrand all bigW to woolies last year for some reason they didn't. most of them will be sold or rebranded and spaces let out inside to small outlets.


i was wondering why they released the financial results 10 days earlier ::)