Boots will shut eight stores across the country over the next two weeks, with more expected to come in the new year.
Two high street stores will roll down their shutters for the final time today as six more are scheduled to close within the next two weeks.
In total, shoppers can expect to see 300 outlets axed as the popular health chain slashes its number of shops from 2,200 to 1,900.
This is the second wave of closures made by the company, as Boots has already shut down six stores.
Boots will shut eight stores over the next two weeks as part of plans to close 300 in total (File photo)
Sshoppers can expect to see 300 outlets axed as the popular health chain slashes its number of shops from 2,200 to 1,900
The company said it was merging ‘a number of stores in close proximity to each other’, and that affected employees had been offered ‘alternative roles’ (File photo)
Today, customers will have to say their final goodbyes to stores in Kings Square, York and The Avenue, Warminster.
The health and beauty retailer confirmed that Guildford Road, Woking, will also be closed at the end of October.
In November, stores in Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, and High Row, Darlington will close early in the month, while Mudge Way, Plymouth and Mount Pleasant, Exeter are set to close November, 18.
Front Street, Prudhoe and Lurgan are also set to shut their doors, but the end date is yet to be confirmed by the retail giant.
Meanwhile, some loyal shoppers have already had to say goodbye to a few of their favourite stores as Healthside Rd, Woking and UEA campus branches closed at the end of July.
A store on Hamlet Ct Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, also saw its last sale in early August.
Three other stores were given their final days this month as customers had to wave goodbye to the branches in Windhill Road, Upper Warrengate, both in Wakefield and Glastonbury.
The company said it was merging ‘a number of stores in close proximity to each other’, and that affected employees had been offered ‘alternative roles’.
Earlier in the year, Boots insisted all staff from the stores being axed will be offered roles elsewhere.
A spokesperson for Boots said: ‘We can confirm that the stores listed are part of the Boots store consolidation programme previously announced.
‘All team members from these stores will be offered alternative roles.’
Boots employs more than 52,000 staff. Despite looking to shrink the number of stores, it’s anticipated the closures will not lead to any redundancies.
Speaking in June, James Kehoe, global chief financial officer at Boots parent company, Walgreens Boots Alliance, told analysts: ‘We will continue to optimise our locations and opening hours, and expect to close an additional 300 locations in the UK and 150 locations in the US.’