{"id":86759,"date":"2023-10-20T02:39:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T02:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=86759"},"modified":"2023-10-20T02:39:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T02:39:04","slug":"boots-to-close-town-pharmacy-before-300-stores-shut-for-good-and-shoppers-are-all-saying-the-same-thing-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/lifestyle\/boots-to-close-town-pharmacy-before-300-stores-shut-for-good-and-shoppers-are-all-saying-the-same-thing-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Boots to close town pharmacy before 300 stores shut for good – and shoppers are all saying the same thing | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOOTS is set to close down a town pharmacy – and shoppers are all saying the same thing.<\/p>\n

The shop in Northdown Road, in Margate, Kent, will shut for good on January 20.<\/p>\n

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Boots previously announced it would be pulling the shutters down on\u00a0300 shops over the next year, following a string of closures already in 2023.<\/p>\n

Locals in Kent took to Facebook once the news of the closure was announced – and they're all saying the same thing.<\/p>\n

One person said: "Surprised boots has managed to last this long tbh. Haven\u2019t been in one for years."<\/p>\n

Another added: "Pharmacy aside though, Boots is too expensive. <\/p>\n

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"It's done what many others did before it and priced itself out of its own market, and is having to reduce as a result. <\/p>\n

"The things they sell are cheaper pretty much everywhere else!"<\/p>\n

A third local wrote: "Surprised boots has managed to last this long tbh. Haven\u2019t been in one for years."<\/p>\n

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While its store in\u00a0Holywell, Flintshire\u00a0closed on August 26. The cosmetics and pharmacy chain said the closures were pre-planned.<\/p>\n

It then closed another shop at the beginning of June. Recently Boots announced it will close\u00a0300 shops across the country over the next year.<\/p>\n

Since then it\u00a0exclusively revealed to The Sun\u00a0the exact locations of eight stores that have been confirmed for closure.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Boots said: "We can confirm that the stores listed are part of the Boots store consolidation programme previously announced. "<\/p>\n

All team members from these stores will be offered alternative roles."<\/p>\n

In August another two closures were revealed in Coventry and Prudhoe. Boots said it regularly reviews locations "to make sure they are where our customers need us most".<\/p>\n

They said the decision to close stores was not taken lightly.<\/p>\n

Where are the closures happening?<\/h2>\n

Here is the full list of stores closing by the end of the year: \u00a0<\/p>\n