Co-op closes branch in major city leaving shoppers ‘disappointed’ --[Reported by Umva mag]

Shoppers have been left ‘disappointed’ after it was announced that their local supermarket would be closing.

The Co-op in the Meadows, Nottingham, will be shutting its doors after more than 70 years as a fixture at the Bridgeway Shopping Centre, the supermarket chain announced on Friday.

Locals have described the closure as a ‘huge loss’ for the area.

David Cooksy, who has been shopping at the Co-op with his 82-year-old wife Heidi for decades, said: ‘It’s convenient. It’s a convenience store, that’s what it’s called and now it’s not going to be here.

‘It’s always been here. I go back to the 50s in the Meadows and there’s always been a Co-op.’

The store’s closure will have a particular affect on pensioners and the elderly, those who live in the Meadows say.

Laney Neilson said her grandparents rely on the Co-op for their weekly shop.

She said: ‘Because the winter payments for some pensioners has stopped, they can’t afford their mobility scooter anymore so this is the only shop in walking distance for them.

Her grandparents have been left ‘quite upset’ by the announcement, she added.

Co-op did not give a reason for the shop’s closure but admitted that it was a ‘difficult decision.’

The supermarket chain reminded customers that they can shop at other nearby Co-ops at Station Street, Trent Bridge and Trent Bridgeford. Shoppers, however, complained that those stores are not close enough.

A Co-op spokesperson told the BBC: ‘Co-op regularly reviews its stores.

‘In addition to opening new stores we sometimes – and only after careful consideration – have to take the difficult decision to close a store.

‘With the expiry of the lease our store in the Bridgeway Centre will close.’

The branch’s final day of trading will be on Saturday, November 16.

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