Birds Bakery closes three stores in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Bakery chain Birds has confirmed the closure of three stores in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire as the buildings’ leases come to an end.
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Birds, which has 60 stores across the East Midlands and employs 800 people, says the closures had been planned for many months.

Bosses at the bakery chain say they are still investing in their other stores and will be carrying out refits as well as providing new equipment in order ‘to keep standards high’.

Birds Bakery has closed three stores in Derbyshire and Notts.Birds Bakery has closed three stores in Derbyshire and Notts.
Birds Bakery has closed three stores in Derbyshire and Notts.
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Lesley Bird, director and COO at Birds, said: “Our tiny shop at The Poultry in Nottingham was always planned for closure – given that we opened a much larger, more modern shop in Lister Gate. We still have two shops operating in Nottingham city centre for our customers.”

In Derby, the Birds’ Irongate store has closed because it has reached the end of its lease. Birds in Walbrook Road has also been closed since lockdown and has not reopened due to the lease also coming to an end.

“The Irongate store needed a major refit but as the lease was coming to an end, we felt the time was right to close it. We have redeployed staff and are currently speaking to those who may want to take voluntary redundancy,” added Lesley.

“Birds is proud that it only closed for a very short period during lockdown before we opened our stores again – with tight safety procedures in place. All three stores didn’t re-open following lockdown.”

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