Stafford shops opening - Turning into a boom town?

[daz100]

Argos is opening in Sainsbury’s. The pharmacy and customer service area is going to make room.

 

[Hayley Roberts]

I have often thought that there is quite a lot of open/wasted space as you go in to Sainsbury’s around the customer service area. Do you know if they are getting rid of the pharmacy altogether?

I have heard from a member of staff that Accessorize is moving to the unit near Greggs in the new shopping centre.

 

[Wormella]

I have often thought that there is quite a lot of open/wasted space as you go in to Sainsbury’s around the customer service area. Do you know if they are getting rid of the pharmacy altogether?

I have heard from a member of staff that Accessorize is moving to the unit near Greggs in the new shopping centre.

I was wondering if they might do that.

 

[bunique]

That would be a sensible move got Accessorize and a good addition to Riverside. Top end of town getting ever closer to being demolishable!

 

[Hayley Roberts]

Yes I agree with you. I can’t see Accessorize being able to remain where it is and make it work for much longer.

 

[Jonah]

Accessorize Staff member told me the same about moving at the end of March.

She also said that Monsoon closed because of the lease ending. I suggested falling sales may have contributed as well and she was a little non-committal about it.

 

[daz100]

I have often thought that there is quite a lot of open/wasted space as you go in to Sainsbury’s around the customer service area. Do you know if they are getting rid of the pharmacy altogether?

I have heard from a member of staff that Accessorize is moving to the unit near Greggs in the new shopping centre.

Yes it is one of the Lloyds pharmacies identified for closure. Argos in town will also close.

 

[Gareth]

Well it is not closing, it is moving

 

[proactive]

Well it is not closing, it is moving

 

[tek-monkey]

Well it is not closing, it is moving

The location is closing, the business is moving. There will still be one more empty shop.

 

[Tumble weed]

The location is closing, the business is moving. There will still be one more empty shop.

And in terms of the argos move, it pretty much is closing. They're keeping the name, but I can see most of the staff being made redundant.

 

[tek-monkey]

And in terms of the argos move, it pretty much is closing. They're keeping the name, but I can see most of the staff being made redundant.

Yup, am guessing it will end up as more of a drop off point for the website than an actual warehouse of goods you can get that day. Unless they build some more storage at Sainsburys anyway!

 

[c0tt0nt0p]

Well it is not closing, it is moving

Ok call it a glorified downgrading.....

 

[Wormella]

Yup, am guessing it will end up as more of a drop off point for the website than an actual warehouse of goods you can get that day. Unless they build some more storage at Sainsburys anyway!

Sainsbury's warehouse is huge - I suspect there's plenty of unused capacity there

 

[Tilly]

Sainsbury's warehouse is huge - I suspect there's plenty of unused capacity there

Room for a supermarket?

 

[Tumble weed]

Crime ridden town more like... Walked past the old M&S tonight, n even that's been broken into now , doors were wide open at the front n the alarms blasting.

Also, the old cinema has been covered in metal sheeting to protect it from being vandalised.

 

[basil]

Just needs a 'royal visit' to get the place spruced up. Let's face it there's certainly not a shortage of them, surely one of the family get pop in if only 1/2 hour......

 

[Tilly]

Just needs a 'royal visit' to get the place spruced up. Let's face it there's certainly not a shortage of them, surely one of the family get pop in if only 1/2 hour......

Trap two
Stafford station
Always worth 1/2 hour of contemplation
Royal Wee

 

[Jonah]

Room for a supermarket?

Morrisons?
Waitrose?

 

[PeterD]

I hear there is a Morrison's coming