Summer on Radio 1

[dstrkzn]

Woolies are having an upto 50% off sale. the queues in the one nearest me were huge!

[Jono]

Woolies are having an upto 50% off sale. the queues in the one nearest me were huge!

You mean they're down to an affordable price now?

[Guest CancerForTheCure]

I keep meaning to go to town to get some pick & mix but I just don't have time I haven't actually been in town for about a month.

[kitty]

Went into my local Woolies yesterday- it looked like it had been pretty severely ransacked...

[Lucinda]

My housemate got a Christmas card from a friend today which said on the back it was from Woolworths.

On the front it reads "Merry Santa" - not merry christmas, or happy christmas, or seasons greetings, but "merry Santa". Has he had too much sherry or something? Or have they been buying up Engrish Christmas cards..?

Oh and I got a card from the same person, but mine was from Marks and Spencers haha.

[E*F*4L]

it now looks like Wollies is going to close

Woolworths is to hold a store closure sale in all its 815 outlets from Thursday amid growing concern that a buyer will not be found for the firm.

Administrator Deloitte said that if no offers for Woolworths were forthcoming, "it is possible that some stores may close before the end of December".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7776113.stm

[Guest]

What came as a greater surprise to me was that Woolworths had actually made money before this happened.

[DaNNiP15]

There were queues to just get in to the barnstaple store today. The queues to the checkout was even worse. I didnt bother going in in the end!

[E*F*4L]

people have been going crazy in the shops

[Mike]

Our local one in Newbury hasn't had a delivery in 4 weeks. Dad went in there today and there was literally empty shelves. There is barely a thing left now.

I feel kinda sad in a way, I grew up looking forwards to Woolies pick and mix at the weekend!

[Jono]

I got my first mobile phone there. It didn't keep up with trends though and in the last decade has become too overpriced.

[Gamesmaster18993]

I feel a bit sad when I see the closing down sign, Woolies has been there for as long as I can remember

[Viv]

I feel sad about it too: gone are the opportunities to pick up writing pads for just 16p.

[Emma]

I went in today and got some pic 'n' mix, and also "Forever Delayed: Manic Street Preachers Greatest Hits" for £5. Bargainous!

[Ryan16]

it was going to be 100 years old next year

[Lucinda]

I went in my local Woolworths on Monday and a lot of the shelves were empty, it seems to just have chocolate and sweets left. This afternoon it was already shut at 5:30pm while the other shops were staying open till 7pm. Now they're saying they'll all be closed by 5th January, doesn't really surprise me when it's only got chocolate left.

[E*F*4L]

i thought someone would buy some of wollies but it now looks very unlikely & it will now close-down, its a bit of a shame really

[Ryan16]

i managed to get a a4 binder before they all went

it is so sad they are closing. i will have to go to partners now for my stationery. R.I.P.

[Jono]

Woolworths, a bastion of the British high street that sold everything from sweets to toasters, will close by Jan. 5 with the loss of 27,000 jobs unless a last-minute buyer can be found.

I'm hoping Tesco might get hold of the plot here. It would be awful if it went to a non-high street chain as Woolworths is the only brand name in the town.

[Viv]

It's sad to see all the 50% off posters which Woolworths is currently covered in locally. Sob.

[Ryan16]

m.f.i. has gone as well!!! whats going on! :shock:

[E*F*4L]

there may be more going next year :|

[Mike]

Curry's will be going soon apparently.

Their share price has plummeted to about 7 pence over recent times.

[alexj]

if you go to Woolworths you can buy shop fittings.

It's £1 for some baskets

I really want one of them Coca Cola fridges. Does anyone have a van/lorry/pickup I can borrow to transport a Coca Cola fridge from Woolworths to my bedroom?

[Guest CancerForTheCure]

I went into Woolworths today when I was finishing off my Christmas shopping and I was quite shocked when I realised it was pretty much empty (not in terms of customers but stock). It was very sad to look at.