Iceland has confirmed its exact closure dates for two UK supermarket stores. Two Iceland stores will be closing for good in the coming few weeks, the frozen food retailer has confirmed.
Iceland is shutting its Margate and Inverness stores. The Margate site has been located on Rose Street in College Square for the last decade, and is scheduled to shut next month on June 21. The Inverness store – which is located at Rose Street Retail Park – is earmarked for closure on July 12. The move, which is not part of wider branch closures, is understood to affect about 20 staff. A spokesperson said: “Our store colleagues will enter into a consultation process and will be offered opportunities at surrounding stores where possible.”
The company said it had a warehouse store in the city’s Telford Street, while the nearest other shop was in Aberdeen. In Margate, the shutters will be pulled for the last time on June 21.
The reason behind the sudden closure has not yet been confirmed, but Iceland has said that staff working at the Margate branch will be offered jobs within the business.
An Iceland spokesperson said: “We can confirm our Margate Iceland store will close. Our store colleagues have entered into a consultation process and have been offered opportunities at surrounding stores where possible.”
Local news reported that the decision was to allow the brand to concentrate on expanding its Food Warehouse outlets, including the site in Telford, which opened in November 2022.
Customers at the Inverness store had complained about the parking charges and fines issued by a third-party car park operator, with even disabled shoppers among those hit by penalties, Press and Journal has reported.
This comes after the supermarket giant announced they would be cutting 3,000 jobs in 2025, as well as closing their remaining cafés, patisserie and pizza counters.
Iceland have already shut several stores including branches at Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Alphington Road Retail Park, Exeter and the Welling branch in London.
