Major supermarket chain with 900 branches to close another store TOMORROW – check if yours is closing

A MAJOR supermarket chain with 900 stores is set to shutter one location on Saturday leaving locals furious.

Iceland will permanently close the doors to its Welling branch in London.

The news was confirmed earlier this month with a spokesperson announcing that doors would close on February 1.

They noted: "Our store colleagues have entered into a consultation process and have been offered opportunities at surrounding stores where possible."

No reason has been given for the closure though some locals have suggested that it could be down to shoplifting.

They have been left reeling by the news as they suffer yet another loss on the high street.

Posting on a local Facebook group, one said: "Another good store gone from our high street."

Many immediately jumped on the post to share their concerns about local access to affordable food.

One commented: "Will affect families that don’t have much money to buy food."

"Oh my goodness how the hell can the generation who can’t do online with no family cope. It’s so sad," a second wrote.

"That's bad news. Reasonably priced too. We lost ours at Sidcup it's awful," a third added.

Meanwhile others said that they were "very upset" and "wish we could stop it."

One went even further by officially declaring the demise of the town.

They wrote: "Welling is finished… Unless you’re a takeaway, nail bar or charity shop!"

A slew of Iceland stores have shuttered since the New Year including a location in Borehamwood and another in Exeter which shut earlier this month.

But, the chain plans to open 20 Iceland and Food Warehouse stores before the end of April, the spokesperson said.

Meanwhile, another major retailer is set to close another location after already shutting a raft of locations just before Christmas.

Dobbies Garden Centre has called time on its branch at Hare Hatch, Berkshire.

It comes after Dobbie's closed 12 branches before Christmas after approval from the courts.

Co-op Central is also set to shutter a slew of locations across middle England over the next few days.

The chain, which is separate from the Co-operative Group, will close four stores after announcing plans to shut 19.

A store in Sprowston is permanently closing on February 1 while three others in Narborough, Barnby Dun and Eastwood will shut by the end of March.

The four sites are part of a list of 19 "financially unsustainable" branches that Co-op Central said would close at the end of last year.