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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