Tesco Store In Gwersyllt To Close

One of Wrexham’s Tesco supermarkets is to close as part of the company’s decision to close over 40 unprofitable stores.

The Tesco store on Dodds Lane, Gwersyllt has today been announced as one of the 43 ‘unprofitable’ stores across the country that will close. It is reported that the store will close on April 4th.

CEO Dave Lewis said: “In January I announced that our performance as a business has fallen significantly short of where we would want it to be and that to protect the future of the business in the UK we would close 43 unprofitable stores.

“It is with great sadness that I have to tell you that our Wrexham Dodds Lane superstore is one of the 43 we plan to close. The decision to close the store has been exceptionally difficult to take. I recognise it will affect many hard working colleagues, our customers and the local community.

“Our priority is to explain what this announcement means for our colleagues and wherever possible, offer them alternative roles with Tesco. I would like to thank all our customers who have shopped in our store. We will continue to do our best to serve them through our local Wrexham Extra store and Cefn Mawr superstore and our dotcom service.”

It is not yet known how many jobs will be lost as a result of the store’s closure.