Woolworths

[Bat21]

LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The board of DVDs-to-sweets retailer Woolworths looks set to approve a decision to put its retail and distribution businesses into administration.

When I was a lad Wollies was the place to go browsing for your Chrimbo prezzie..... it looks like the staff will not be having such a good Christmas this year

Lucy was in there earlier this evening and almost everything was reduced to half price.

[extreme-4x4]

yeah happy Christmas Gordon brown

[Paul]

Been in the news for a few weeks about this,yet another name going from the high street, makes you wonder where it will end.

Having said that the net as alot to answer for, when you can buy & have something sent to your door cheaper then going out to buy it.

Paul.

[zippy656]

thats true paul i always look on here first now for every thing

[jims-terrano]

Not going to get into politics cos it's the wrong place but it's not all golden browns fault.

What I will miss is the pick n mix stand, used to be a treat when I went shoppin wi mi old man to call at Woollies pick n mix :P . Still if only they sold 4X4 bits they would still be in business :

Times like this it makes me glad I'm wi a local authority now, no where is 100% safe but I do feel safer than most. A lot of people going to be having a stressfull christmas this year.

Jim T

[extreme-4x4]

Originally Posted by Paul332

Been in the news for a few weeks about this,yet another name going from the high street, makes you wonder where it will end.

Having said that the net as alot to answer for, when you can buy & have something sent to your door cheaper then going out to buy it.

Paul.

and the likes of asda tesco being out of town first butchers and bakers, now the big ones woolies

instead of bailing the banks out we / the government should have done mortgages. we bailed the banks out and they still re posses and proffit from there greed we should have let them fall .....if you could prove your income the government should have lent 4x your salary max

this would have kept the housing market ticking over, the whole economy rides on the back of the housing market

without it its all falling apart.... the construction industry is the u.k's biggest employer and now its dead has been since northern rock . the last little bits will be finished by christmas

then were in the poop :cry: :cry:

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

isnt/wasnt woolies part of king fisher, parent group of b&q and comet though may have been split some time ago.

[Paul]

Originally Posted by extreme-4x4

and the likes of asda tesco being out of town first butchers and bakers, now the big ones woolies

instead of bailing the banks out we / the government should have done mortgages. we bailed the banks out and they still re posses and proffit from there greed we should have let them fall .....if you could prove your income the government should have lent 4x your salary max

this would have kept the housing market ticking over, the whole economy rides on the back of the housing market

without it its all falling apart.... the construction industry is the u.k's biggest employer and now its dead has been since northern rock . the last little bits will be finished by christmas

then were in the poop :cry: :cry:

Tell me about it, as a bus driver I see the same peeps going to & from work, over the last few months seeing less & less of them, they call it a sign of the times, I call it one hell of a big hole we are getting into.

[tezzer]

i heard on the radio earlier that MFI are going to the wall aswell with 1,000 job losses, their going to have a miserable christmas now,

wallmart own woolworths and asda so things could happen at asda next, god help us.

[Paul]

Originally Posted by rbrt

isnt/wasnt woolies part of king fisher, parent group of b&q and comet though may have been split some time ago.

Think so, Been told B&Q are also on the way out, don't know if it's true! in Manchester woolies have a really big one called the big W. The other week when I drove past it look almost empty. 8O

[Paul]

Originally Posted by tezzer

i heard on the radio earlier that MFI are going to the wall aswell with 1,000 job losses, their going to have a miserable christmas now,

wallmart own woolworths and asda so things could happen at asda next, god help us.

MFI in Oldham closed down the other week, not been there long.

[tezzer]

with ref to JIM T i was with a local authority for 20yrs thought i was safe, went to work and was told they were closing my section, that was that, 10 weeks in lou of notice, £3500 severance, and good bye, so i do hope your job is safe, but i dont anyone is safe at this time.

[makeitfit]

It's a shame for the MFI workers but their stuff was pants so maybe now people will realise that 60% off and free this n that just is pants.
Woolworths will prob get bought out by some deal or other. Goodc luck to them.
I'm self employed and have to work hard for every job I get, not like that twonk Brown. He just hung around long enough till Blair saw the doodoo nearing the fan and got the bus out of there!

[Paul]

Just been on the news Woolies will stay open to after Xmas then that may be it, with a loss of about 30,000 jobs.

MFI Have closed 26 stores.

[Bat21]

Just been announced, no rescue, and closing down sale starts tomorrow.