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tubby210
tubby210 Posts: 240 Forumite
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My wife works for a supermarket which is closing in April because they are building a new store. Wondered what people thought will they make my wife redundant
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  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,644 Forumite
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    tubby210 wrote: »
    My wife works for a supermarket which is closing in April because they are building a new store. Wondered what people thought will they make my wife redundant

    Where is the new store eg distance wise from current 1 ?
    Have the staff been told anything about what's going on ?
  • tubby210
    tubby210 Posts: 240 Forumite
    DCFC79 wrote: »
    Where is the new store eg distance wise from current 1 ?
    Have the staff been told anything about what's going on ?


    New store will be less than .5 of a mile away and staff haven't been told anything yet.
  • Takeaway_Addict
    Takeaway_Addict Posts: 6,538 Forumite
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    tubby210 wrote: »
    New store will be less than .5 of a mile away and staff haven't been told anything yet.
    I'd expect them to move across then, why would they be made redundant?
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  • tubby210
    tubby210 Posts: 240 Forumite
    Takeaway_Addict wrote: »
    I'd expect them to move across then, why would they be made redundant?


    The store is going to close then they are going to build a new one so there will be a gap
  • Takeaway_Addict
    Takeaway_Addict Posts: 6,538 Forumite
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    tubby210 wrote: »
    The store is going to close then they are going to build a new one so there will be a gap
    Ah ok, I thought the other one would be built before this one closed.

    I would expect then that they will either make redundant if there is a gap or they will temporary redeploy to other sites until it is built.

    How long are we look at?
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  • tubby210
    tubby210 Posts: 240 Forumite
    Takeaway_Addict wrote: »
    Ah ok, I thought the other one would be built before this one closed.

    I would expect then that they will either make redundant if there is a gap or they will temporary redeploy to other sites until it is built.

    How long are we look at?


    4 months, but my wife only works 3 hours a day and walks to work. If she had to use public transport to get to another store it wouldn't be worth it
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,644 Forumite
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    Takeaway_Addict wrote: »
    I'd expect them to move across then, why would they be made redundant?

    Thats what I would expect to happen.
    tubby210 wrote: »
    The store is going to close then they are going to build a new one so there will be a gap

    Sounds like its not been planned very well, so its definite a new store is planned ?
  • tori.k
    tori.k Posts: 3,592 Forumite
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    Quite often you find the shift staff to the next nearest store until the new store is complete. I know that sainsburys covered the transport cost when they took over some of the gateway stores. they will try and get any left over annual leave used up over this time.
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    tubby210 wrote: »
    My wife works for a supermarket which is closing in April because they are building a new store. Wondered what people thought will they make my wife redundant
    Building or have built?
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  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    tubby210 wrote: »
    The store is going to close then they are going to build a new one so there will be a gap
    Oh didn't see this post.

    So they have started building it, got planning? Things can change very quickly and it takes over 18 months to build a new supermarket.
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