Coffee giant with over 600 stores abruptly shuts popular branch for good as fans left ‘so lost’

A COFFEE elephantine with implicit 600 stores has abruptly closed a fashionable subdivision for bully - arsenic fans person been near "so lost" implicit the news.

Closing down signs were spotted connected the metropolis centre café, with bosses saying the determination was extracurricular their control.

The Caffè Nero branch, connected Eign Gate successful Hereford, is the latest of the company's to unopen - pursuing different closures successful Gloucester and Carlisle.

The announcement read: "Sadly aft galore years this Caffè Nero has had to adjacent owed to circumstances beyond our control.

"We person loved being present and would similar to convey you for being a fantastic lawsuit - it has ever been a privilege to service you."

After the news dispersed connected Facebook, users rushed to stock their disappointment.

One said: "Been going determination for 10 years. This morning felt truthful mislaid due to the fact that it's closed down."

Another wrote: "Used to emotion going successful there."

And a 3rd echoed: "Sorry to spot them go."

However, different commenters were consoled by the information that different subdivision is acceptable to unfastened successful a antithetic portion of town.

The caller store is owed to instrumentality implicit portion 12 successful the Old Market connected January 31.

In the meantime, devotees of the concatenation volition person to spell to Monmouth for their brew, oregon bargain java online, the motion added.

The beloved subdivision is not the lone highstreet associated to adjacent recently, arsenic Village Bakery successful London besides announced it was shutting up shop.

Owner Samantha Davies blamed the closure connected a Gail's opening connected the aforesaid thoroughfare - resulting successful her "worst December successful 19 years".

Speaking to MyLondon, she added: "I'm selling up now. I’m not gonna beryllium waking up astatine 6am conscionable to basal present each greeting doing nothing.

"Gail's has impacted everyone. It wasn't conscionable December which was pugnacious arsenic we've besides struggled successful November and January.

"There should beryllium thing to halt them from coming successful and pressurising section businesses."

When the concatenation announced plans to determination into the roadworthy successful Walthamstow, northbound London, astir 2,000 locals signed a petition trying to artifact the opening.

However, the institution ploughed connected with its plans, welcoming its archetypal customers 3 months ago.

A spokesperson for Gail's said: "At GAIL’s, we’re grateful for the enactment we’ve received and are mindful of the work that comes with growth.

"As we expand, we stay focused connected making a affirmative interaction connected the communities we service and the changing scenery of the precocious street.

"We’ve ever believed successful revitalising spaces that were antecedently unused—whether it’s erstwhile slope buildings, restaurants, oregon different bare units.

"In Walthamstow, we moved into a vacant portion connected Orford Road and are arrogant to beryllium contributing to its ongoing evolution,
alongside an breathtaking assortment of caller nutrient options.

"We’re committed to supporting the section community, too. In Walthamstow, we stock leftover bakes with organisations similar the Rukhsana Khan Foundation and Masjid Tawhid.

"We’ve besides partnered with the section assemblage centre to organise their AGM and tally a Christmas luncheon for 40 aged residents, wherever our Support Team served meals and spent clip with the guests.

"All our bakeries are successful areas wherever choices are expanding, and we judge the betterment successful these nutrient landscapes is thing to celebrate."