{"id":97604,"date":"2023-09-06T09:31:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T09:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=97604"},"modified":"2023-09-06T09:31:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T09:31:38","slug":"bm-jokes-about-13m-takeover-of-wilko-as-12000-jobs-still-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/world-news\/bm-jokes-about-13m-takeover-of-wilko-as-12000-jobs-still-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"B&amp;M &apos;jokes&apos; about \u00a313m takeover of Wilko as 12,000 jobs still at risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8216;Popped into B&amp;M for a few things and left with 51 Wilko stores, happens to the best of us&#8217;: B&amp;M sparks backlash over social media joke about \u00a313m takeover of high street chain as 12,000 jobs remain at risk<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wilko is currently in administration and thousands are facing the axe as a result<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But B&amp;M Bargains seemed to make light of the situation in a now deleted post\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>B&amp;M Bargains has stoked outrage after apparently joking about taking over Wilko stores as thousands still face the sack.<\/p>\n<p>High-street chain Wilko is currently in administration as 52 stores are to be shut and 1,332 people are being made redundant.<\/p>\n<p>Also, more than 12,000 jobs still remain at risk despite rival B&amp;M buying 51 of its 400 stores for \u00a313million.<\/p>\n<p>But B&amp;M seemingly made light of the situation in a now-deleted Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>They said: &#8216;Popped into B&amp;M for a few things and left with 51 Wilko stores.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Happens to the best of us.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/10\/75112859-12486079-The_Facebook_post_has_since_been_deleted_but_many_people_reacted-a-1_1693991499998.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Facebook post has since been deleted but many people reacted angrily and claimed they would boycott the store<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/10\/75112863-12486079-image-a-2_1693990935252.jpg\" height=\"412\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>High-street chain Wilko is currently in administration as 52 stores are to be shut and 1,332 people are being made redundant<\/p>\n<p>Although some people reacted with a laughing smiley emoji, a lot of people were angered by the post.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Fletcher said: &#8216;Christ B&amp;M, people have lost their jobs and are on the brink of unemployment and this?<\/p>\n<p>Murray Harris said: &#8216;Well B&amp;M, aren&#8217;t you such a lovely lot 12,500 jobs on the line and you think this is funny. Glad I don&#8217;t work for you lot.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Quinney said: &#8216;Absolutely disgraceful post!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Some people have claimed they will boycott the store after the Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>Mail Online contacted B&amp;M Bargains for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Wilko, which sells everything from hardware goods to cleaning products, toys and gardening equipment, went into administration last month, with insolvency experts from PwC trying to hammer out a rescue deal in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/10\/75112861-12486079-image-a-3_1693990938017.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>B&amp;M could potentially save some people from losing their job but more than 12,000 people still face the axe<\/p>\n<p>Hopes that the chain might be saved appeared to have been extinguished last week when a bid by the boss of HMV to purchase 300 stores stalled over funding issues, putting some 12,500 jobs at risk.<\/p>\n<p>But B&amp;M&#8217;s last-ditch purchase is expected to have saved a substantial number of employees from the axe &#8211; although it has not yet been confirmed which of Wilko&#8217;s stores will be rescued by the sale.<\/p>\n<p>Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at the financial services giant Hargreaves Lansdown, said: &#8216;Wilko&#8217;s collapse is B&amp;M&#8217;s gain, given that the successful value retailer had made no secret of wanting to open more shops across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The soon-to-be vacant premises were easy pickings for B&amp;M and it is likely that the retailer has been ultra-choosy when it comes to cherry-picking locations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Part of B&amp;M&#8217;s successful model is its significant footprint in easy-to-access retail parks, so stores where it&#8217;s easy to load up a car are likely to be in high numbers in the deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A good chunk of positions should be salvaged, but B&amp;M is likely to want to run a highly efficient ship to squeeze as much profit out of the floorspace.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12486079\/Popped-B-M-things-left-51-Wilko-stores-happens-best-Backlash-B-M-jokes-13m-takeover-beleaguered-high-street-chain-1-332-people-laid-12-000-jobs-remain-risk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Popped into B&amp;M for a few things and left with 51 Wilko stores, happens to the best of us&#8217;: B&amp;M sparks backlash over social media joke about \u00a313m takeover of high street chain as 12,000 jobs remain at risk Wilko is currently in administration and thousands are facing the axe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>B&amp;M &amp;apos;jokes&amp;apos; 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