A MAJOR health and beauty retailer is due to close another branch within days after more than 30 years. Boots is closing a branch in Queensway close for good on May 28. Signs and leaflets were being handed out to customers which read: “We’re closing .
This store will close on 28 May 2024.” Shoppers and locals in the store were very upset to hear the news. One shopper told our reporters: “Absolutely devastated, the pharmacy here has much more accessible hours than any other in the area.
” “I think I’ve been coming here for about 35 years,” said another shopper. The store closure was confirmed to our reporters in person but The Sun had reached out to Boots for comment. However, it appears locals will not be without a Boots for long as another site just a few yards down the road is due to open.
Store signs read: “Your new Boots store will open on 29 May, 2024 at 166 - 172 Queensway.” Staff noted the new store is smaller than the old branch and it's not yet clear whether customers will be able to pick up prescriptions in the new branch. Another branch Kent closed on March 20 while Castlecroft in Wolverhampton will shut on March 21.
North Kenton, Newcastle has recently closed, along with Welwyn Garden City and the East Parade store, Heworth, York. Boots announced last year that it would close more than 300 branches as part of plans to evolve its brand. The closures are part of wider plans that will see the retailer's total number of shops reduced from 2,200 to 1.