A major supermarket in York is to close, it was confirmed today (Monday).
Sainsbury’s at Foss Bank is to shut after more than 40 years, the retailer told YorkMix.
Staff were told about the closure at the end of last week.
A Sainsbury’s spokesperson said: “Last week we shared the difficult news with colleagues at our York Foss Bank supermarket that the store will close next year.
“We have announced to colleagues that the supermarket will close at the expiry of our lease in January 2025.
“We have been in discussion with the landlord and having reviewed all options carefully, we understand our landlord is looking at regeneration and development of this site.
“We will therefore be vacating the store when our lease comes to an end.
“We understand this will be an unsettling time for everyone this affects and we are committed to doing everything we can to support them, including offering opportunities for our colleagues to redeploy to alternative roles within Sainsbury’s.
“We intend to transfer the store’s groceries online department to our nearby Monks Cross supermarket, enabling us to transfer the jobs it supports along with it as well as offer customers greater choice when shopping online.”
Sainsbury’s opened its Foss Bank store on 23 October, 1984.
The Go Outdoors store on the same Foss Bank site has already announced its intention to leave.
In 2021, City of York Council reported: “The relocation is required as the lease of the existing premises is shortly to expire and the landlord has indicated that the premises is no longer available them.”
It has recently revealed plans to move into the former John Lewis store at the Vangarde Shopping Centre.
YorkMix understands that the site might now be earmarked for student accommodation.