Wilko issues heartfelt message to shoppers

Wilko issues heartfelt message to shoppers

August 7, 2023

Wilko issues heartfelt message to shoppers saying bosses are ‘humbled by the amount of love’ as chain teeters on the brink of collapse

  • Wilko has posted a heartfelt message to it’s shoppers on Facebook
  • The post has nearly 2000 shares and over 3500 likes
  • READ MORE: Full list of Wilko stores at risk of closing down

Wilko has posted a heartfelt message to it’s shoppers on social media, following the announcement that the chain is on the brink of collapse.

The Facebook post has nearly 2000 shares and over 3500 likes, with fans of the high-street store flooding the comments with praise.  

It’s image reads: ‘Thanks for all the love! We’re humbled by the amount of love you’ve sent our way after the news this week.

‘Right now, we’re still here and we’re doing everything in our power to stay that way.

‘Please pop down to your local store today… we’d LOVE to see you!’ 

The Facebook post has nearly 2000 shares and over 3500 likes, with fans of the high-street store flooding the comments with praise

You can find your local store on the Wilko website

In the caption, they added a link which customers can use to find your local store, encouraging them to pay it a visit.

The comments on the post are full of love and support, with one shopper writing ‘I love Wilko, keeping everything crossed for the stores and staff.’

Another said ‘What a lovely post, Wilko are simply the best, I go there every single weekend, cat litter, cat food, bargain priced cleaning product on offer, air fresheners. Please please keep on fighting, stay with us, the love for you is real.’

One fan of the bargain retailer joked that her husband is always saying ‘I’ll get it in Wilkos’ and she hopes that it can be saved.

The comments on the post are full of love and support from shoppers

The post comes after the retail giant announced it was on the brink of collapse last week, with 12,000 jobs at risk across 400 stores

The post comes after the retail giant announced it was on the brink of collapse last week, with 12,000 jobs at risk across 400 stores. 

The bargain store which provides shoppers with everything from gardening tools to stationery, has filed notice of its intention to appoint administrators at the High Court.

READ MORE: The rise and fall of Wilko: From tiny family-run hardware store to High Street stalwart, Britain’s best-loved chain could finally close for good after 90 years of providing families their everyday essentials from lightbulbs to pick n mix

 

The boss of the chain has said it is expected to enter insolvency after failing to secure a takeover to help the business with ‘mounting cash pressures.’

However, it would continue a possible rescue takeover. 

Mark Jackson, Chief Executive of Wilko, confirmed there has been ‘significant’ levels of interest but they are yet to receive an offer. 

He said: ‘We’ll continue to progress discussions with interested parties with the aim of completing a transaction which preserves the business.’

The shock news saw ‘#Wilko’ begin to trend on Twitter, as customers began to rally around the store.

One person tweeted ‘IT BETTER NOT BE – I LOVE WILKO’ while another wrote ‘Screaming, crying, not Wilko!!! Where am I going to get all my car bits, cleaning bits, craft and stationary bits, home decor bits etc?’

So, it was only a matter of time before the retailer responded to the outpouring of shock and support. 

However, not everyone feels the same way and some people were not afraid to share their critiques.

Another Twitter user wrote: ‘As well as its worst in class availability, Wilko had the very worst self service tills that retail has ever seen’. 

Someone else added that they were not shocked as ‘they’ve been cutting staff for months’.

Wilko has been around since 1930 – it started from a single hardware store and at the beginning of this year it secured a reported £40million lifeline from Hilco UK, the owner of Homebase. 

The news of it’s potential closure came as the latest blow to the UK high street after Covid-19 and the cost of living crisis have lead many shops to close their doors.

Sweeping closures include stores from big fan favourite chains such as Iceland, Argos and Boots.

Iceland has closed more than 12 shops this year and Boots said it will shut the doors of 300 branches. 

Revealed: All the towns and cities where Wilko stores are at risk of being axed 

About 12,000 jobs across 400 stores are now hanging in the balance as struggling discount retailer Wilko is on the brink of collapse. 

These are all the locations where the retailer has branches that are at risk of closure – with some areas potentially losing out on multiple shops, if the firm was to fold: 

Aberdare

Abergavenny

Accrington

Acocks Green

Acton

Aldershot

Alfreton

Alnwick

Altrincham

Ammanford

Andover

Arnold

Ashford

Ashington

Ashton-Under-Lyne

Aylesbury

Ayr

Banbury

Barking

Barnsley (3 stores)

Barnstaple

Barrow In Furness

Barry

Basildon

Basingstoke

Bedford (2)

Bedminster

Belper

Beverley

Bexleyheath

Bicester

Biggleswade

Birkenhead

Birmingham (3)

Bishop Auckland

Bishops Stortford

Blackburn

Blackpool

Blackwood

Bletchley

Blyth

Bognor Regis

Bolton (2)

Bordon

Boston

Bournemouth (2)

Bradford

Brentwood

Bridgend

Bridgwater

Brigg

Brighouse

Bristol (3)

Bromley

Brownhills

Burgess Hill

Burnley

Burton Upon Trent

Bury

Bury St Edmunds

Camberley

Cambridge

Canterbury

Cardiff (3)

Carlisle

Carmarthen

Castle Douglas

Chatham

Chelmsford

Cheltenham

Chepstow

Chester

Chester Le Street

Chesterfield

Chippenham

Clacton On Sea

Cleethorpes

Cleveleys

Clowne

Clydebank

Coalville

Cockermouth

Colchester

Corby

Coventry (2)

Cowley

Cramlington

Crawley

Crewe

Cwmbran

Dagenham

Darlington

Dartford

Denton

Derby (3)

Dereham

Devizes

Dewsbury

Didcot

Doncaster (2)

Driffield

Droitwich

Dudley

Dunstable

Durham

East Ham

Eastbourne (2)

Eccles

Edinburgh

Ellesmere Port

Ely

Epsom

Exeter

Falkirk

Falmouth

Fareham

Farnborough

Ferndown

Folkestone

Gainsborough

Gateshead (2)

Gillingham

Gloucester

Gravesend

Grays (2)

Great Malvern

Great Yarmouth (2)

Greenock

Greenwich

Grimsby (2)

Halesowen

Halifax

Hamilton

Hanley

Harlow

Harrow

Hartlepool

Havant

Haverfordwest

Hayes

Hemel Hempstead

Hereford

High Wycombe

Hinckley

Hitchin

Holyhead

Horsham

Hounslow

Hucknall

Huddersfield

Hull (2)

Huntingdon

Huyton

Ilford

Ilkeston

Ipswich

Irvine

Jarrow

Kenilworth

Kent (2)

Kettering

Kidderminster

Kings Lynn

Kingston Upon Thames

Kingston Upon Hull

Kingswood

Knowle

Lancaster

Leamington Spa 

Leeds (7)

Leek

Leicester (5)

Leigh

Leighton Buzzard

Letchworth

Lewisham

Lichfield

Lincoln

Liverpool (3)

Livingston

Llandudno

Llanelli

London (9)

Long Eaton

Loughborough

Louth

Lowestoft

Luton

Maidenhead

Maidstone

Manchester (4)

Mansfield

Market Drayton

Market Harborough

Matlock

Melton Mowbray

Merthyr Tydfil

Middlesbrough

Middlesex

Mildenhall

Milton Keynes

Morriston

Motherwell

Neath

Nelson

Newark

Newbury

Newcastle

Newcastle Under Lyme

Newcastle Upon Tyne (3)

Newport

Newton Abbot

Newton Aycliffe

Newton-Le-Willows

North Shields

Northallerton

Northampton (3)

Northfield

Norwich

Nottingham (9)

Nuneaton

Oakham

Orpington

Oswestry

Pembroke Dock

Penge

Perry Barr

Peterborough (2)

Peterlee

Plymouth

Pontefract

Pontypool

Poole

Port Talbot

Porthmadog

Portsmouth

Preston (2)

Pwllheli

Rainham

Ramsgate

Reading

Redcar

Redditch

Redhill

Redruth

Retford

Rhyl

Ripley

Romford

Rotherham

Rowley Regis

Royal Kingston Upon Thames

Rugby

Rugeley

Runcorn

Rushden

Sale

Salford

Scarborough

Scunthorpe

Seaham

Selby

Sheffield (6)

Shipley

Shirley

Shrewsbury

Sittingbourne

Skegness

Skelmersdale

Slough

Solihull

South Shields

Southampton

Southend On Sea

Southport

Spalding

St Albans

St Austell

St Helens

Stafford

Stamford

Stevenage

Stockport

Stockton On Tees

Stoke-On-Trent

Stourbridge

Stratford

Strood

Stroud

Sunderland

Sutton

Sutton-In-Ashfield

Swanley

Swansea

Swindon (2)

Tamworth (2)

Taunton

Telford (2)

Thetford

Tipton

Torquay

Trowbridge

Truro

Uttoxeter

Uxbridge

Wakefield (2)

Wallasey

Walsall (2)

Walthamstow

Walton On Thames

Warrington

Washington

Waterlooville

Watford

Wellingborough

Wembley

West Drayton

West Ealing

Weston-Super-Mare

Weymouth

Whitehaven

Widnes

Wigan

Wimbledon

Winsford

Woking

Wolverhampton

Wood Green

Woolwich

Worcester

Workington

Worksop (2)

Worthing

Wrexham

Wythenshawe

Yeovil

York

 

 

 

 

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