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Wilko going bust

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  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
    Oh heck, that's a real shame! I've heard it so many times recently that 'bricks & mortar' trading is going through it's worst ever period. My 'local' wine shop ceases trading this weekend  :(
    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I’ve only ever bought mail order from Wilco,  I’ll miss it,  I hope whoever takes it over keeps it similar to what it is now. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Sadly just more evidence of the death of the High Street.  We used to have B&M in town and at one of the out of town developments.  The one in town, and slap bang in the middle at that, closed a while ago.  Presumably rent and other costs in town were too high for it to remain viable.
  • RedwingRedwing Posts: 1,511
    Lyn said:
    I’ve only ever bought mail order from Wilco,  I’ll miss it,  I hope whoever takes it over keeps it similar to what it is now. 
    Me too; I regularly order their wild bird food which is pretty good and a reasonable price.  I'll miss it.
    Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I've just read that about Wilkos. Hope someone keeps it going.
    My Dad will be gutted, he's shopped there for years.
  • rowlandscastle444rowlandscastle444 Posts: 2,612
    The main shop in our High Street is Wilko. If that goes, it'll be a huge loss. 
  • tigerburnietigerburnie Posts: 131
    We don't have them round here in Scotland, but I have ordered on line, both my huge water butts with bases came in the post from them!
  • muckyhandsmikemuckyhandsmike Posts: 239
    Yes sad news .. I use our local store for gardening and household items. Spare a thought for their disabled staff .. not many shops are so accommodating to those with disabilities.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    a simple factor of economics. 
    Not enough customers putting money in the tills = a company going bust. 
    Devon.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I saw it on the News on TV this evening, hard to believe. Our Wilko in Norfolk always has customers when we go and a queue at the till. I go there to bring things back to France that I can't buy here as well as buying garden stuff and paint for OH's Norfolk cottage.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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