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Holmes/Musgrave wholesalers ballymena closing

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  • GlynD
    GlynD Posts: 10,883 Forumite
    D.A. wrote: »
    You must have a pretty big doorstep.

    Flippin huge mate. :cool:
  • Artofdookie
    Artofdookie Posts: 4,611 Forumite
    motorguy wrote: »
    They are already at duncrue, so not moving.
    If they are closing Ballymena and moving it up to their main centre at Duncrue id say theres a pretty good chance that theyre moving it up to Duncrue
    Well I Love Tv And I Love T. Rex, I Can See Through Your Skirt I've Got X-Ray Spex
  • GlynD
    GlynD Posts: 10,883 Forumite
    Artofdookie wrote: »
    If they are closing Ballymena and moving it up to their main centre at Duncrue id say theres a pretty good chance that theyre moving it up to Duncrue

    They're not moving it though are they? The Duncrue warehouse already exists so it's a transfer of clientele and staff, not the store. :cool:
  • motorguy
    motorguy Posts: 22,639 Forumite
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    edited 5 February 2013 at 5:26PM
    GlynD wrote: »
    They're not moving it though are they? The Duncrue warehouse already exists so it's a transfer of clientele and staff, not the store. :cool:

    That was exactly my point - though it seems to have washed over Dookies head.

    If they were moving from Ballymena to Antrim, then that would be a move. Closing ballymena and pointing their customers towards Duncrue isnt a move.

    Do we even know if any staff are moving? I suspect probably not.
  • GlynD
    GlynD Posts: 10,883 Forumite
    motorguy wrote: »
    That was exactly my point - though it seems to have washed over Dookies head.

    Do we even know if staff are moving? I suspect probably not.

    The Tele says that 26 jobs will be lost between the two stores but 19 will be transferred from Ballymena to Duncrue.

    A few coats on shaky hooks there I'd say.
  • chunter
    chunter Posts: 2,031 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    No need for C&Cs any more. No shops...
    All they're selling is stuff for fast food vans.
  • DohRayMi
    DohRayMi Posts: 59 Forumite
    I joined Makro (by invitation no less, didn't I feel important!) when they opened in '93 and would have went every week, even if only for household stuff.

    I gradually went less and less, sometimes not buying anything as the prices couldn't compete with the supermarkets.

    Last year I got a letter to say if my card went 2 years without being used they would withdraw it, so I went and took another look around, but it was the same story.

    Next time I will let it expire.
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