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Waitrose snubs BA [Waterside store closing]
Seems BA staff really do prefer M&S! (Waitrose have announced they are closing their store at BA HQ at Waterside) https://waitrose.pressarea.com/press.../NEWS_13/11349 |
Or perhaps staff are getting the M&S leftovers that passengers refuse to buy on board :D (one can hope) |
M&S supply (much of) the BoB An omen of BA no longer being a brand of choice for Middle England...I heard Lidl were taking the space? 😉 |
Well WaterWorld is due to be demolished when the new runway is built
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Originally Posted by babats
(Post 31319623)
Well WaterWorld is due to be demolished when the new runway is built
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Come off it. Hardly a snub. if it isn’t making money then of course it’s going to close it down. Just like any business does. And M&S supply BoB not Waitrose |
Weird! It’s always been well used by staff and the manager once told me they sold more sandwiches per square foot than any other shop... I guess it’s because of the reduction in staff at WTS. There’s now IB, AA, JAL, the IAG overlords and yet there’s still a lot of space. |
Hardly a snub to BA, more a case of survival of the fittest. WAITROSE will shut three stores and offload a further four to rivals such as Lidl, putting 667 jobs at risk. This is the grocer’s third wave of closures since the beginning of last year, bringing the total to 17, with the loss of almost 1,300 jobs. In an attempt to raise funds, the company will sell a Bromley store in south-east London, the Oadby site in Leicestershire, plus one in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, to Lidl. The Sandhurst shop in Berkshire is being bought by an unnamed player. Waitrose is closing a further three sites this autumn in Marlow in Buckinghamshire, Stevenage in Hertfordshire and Waterside, near Heathrow. Staff will be relocated where possible, the business said. |
Originally Posted by muscat
(Post 31319821)
Hardly a snub to BA, more a case of survival of the fittest. |
Originally Posted by rockflyertalk
(Post 31319607)
Or perhaps staff are getting the M&S leftovers that passengers refuse to buy on board :D (one can hope) Back on topic: I guess that with eateries available for food inside Waterside, there just weren't enough staff who would spend significant money there to make it profitable. Popping in the grab the odd pint of milk or a last minute dinner every now and again probably didn't cut it. As UKtravelbear says - not a snub just a business decision. |
Originally Posted by PJSMITH0
(Post 31319850)
I agree thread title should read BA staff snub Waitrose. No body closes a profitable store |
Originally Posted by UKtravelbear
(Post 31319684)
if it isn’t making money then of course it’s going to close it down. Just like any business does.
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Nothing like a misleading headline is there....
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Originally Posted by 13901
(Post 31319773)
Weird! It’s always been well used by staff and the manager once told me they sold more sandwiches per square foot than any other shop... I guess it’s because of the reduction in staff at WTS. There’s now IB, AA, JAL, the IAG overlords and yet there’s still a lot of space. |
I'm slightly surprised, every time I've been in the Waterside Waitrose near lunch it's been packed and after about 2pm it's pretty tough to get a sandwich. Might be something else behind this.
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