THORNTONS CLOSING IN WILMSLOW – MACCLESFIELD NEXT?

The Wilmslow branch of Thorntons confectioners, which has traded in the town for decades, has announced its closure.

The business has decided not to renew their lease and will close their Grove Street shop on Saturday 6th April.

Manager Rhianne Staton-Barnett said “The main reason is the rent which is absolutely extortionate for the amount of people we are getting through the door.

“The footfall in Wilmslow has died down, nobody is shopping on this high street anymore.”

Thorntons opened in their current location in 1995 but prior to that they had a shop called the Chocolate Kabin, the name Thorntons previously traded as, located at the other end of Grove Street.

Macclesfield could be next.

Cheshire East council