Iceland announces store closure in Scotland this summer

This comes after the company announced plans to expand its operations across the UK.

A store in the Kent town of Margate is also set to draw its shutters this summer, increasing the nationwide tally to two.

Iceland announces the closure of Scottish supermarket this summer

Iceland announced that its store on Inverness's Rose Street will be shutting in July.

In a statement, the firm said: "We can confirm our Iceland store located at Rose Street, Inverness, is scheduled to close on 12th July 2025.

"Our store colleagues will enter into a consultation process and will be offered opportunities at surrounding stores where possible."

Discussing the shutting of the English store, the company added that colleagues here would similarly enter a consultation process.

Earlier this year, the company announced plans to open 20 Iceland and Food Warehouse stores by the end of April.

In January, it also encouraged workers at Sainsbury's who had lost their jobs to apply for roles at its stores.

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Sainsbury's announced the slashing of some 3000 jobs as well as the closure of its remaining cafés, patisserie and pizza counters.

It said that this move would help it "simplify" its operations as these services were not being used frequently enough by customers.

Sainsbury's also reduced its senior management roles by 20% after claiming that the business was in a "particularly challenging cost environment".