Coop department stores

zorber

surfsister wrote:

any in the south? eg east anglia

No the stores in East Anglia are owned by Anglia society and not the coop group hence not effected, in fact its anglia society taking over most of coop groups stores!!!

littlelaurakate

Anyone know anything about the Chesterfield one? Am panicking here, have bought wedding dress from there and not to be delivered til later this month!! will go and investigate now on net!!

Jolly_Roger

Just had a look at the Web to try and find a list of which Coop stores are going to close and came across the following:

Phase 1 closures – 2006

• Hatfield • Falkirk • Alexandria
• Dunoon • Dumbarton • Ashington
• Kirkintillock • Gillingham • Fraserburgh
• Helensburgh

Phase 2 closures – 2007

• Glenrothes • Alloa • Amble
• Blyth • Newcastle
• Gateshead • Chester-Le-Street • Bishop Auckland
• Dartford • Strood • Ashford
• Eastbourne • Brighton • Bletchley
• Paisley • Greenock • East Kilbride
• Chatham • Welwyn Garden City • Skegness
• Altham • Hoddesdon • Mansfield
• Sittingbourne • Leighton Buzzard • Berwick

In the Dartford store, they told me everything had to go by February 7th. It is a two-floor store, with virtually everything now down on the ground floor. They have obviously bought in some special purchase items, but absolutely everything else is being slashed down to virtually nothing in price terms. Lots of items at 70%, while everything else 30%-50% off. A pity really, my old nan loved the coop, and our local store always had things for the kitchen that you wanted to buy. However, the selection of clothes was dated and I could only marvel at where they got some of the shades of cloth to make some of the clothes they were selling. Most of them looked as though they were imported from a Communist-era East German supermarket. But, amongst the tat, there was, and still is, some pretty good stuff. Lots of bargains around still, worth a visit if you can get to a local store.