{"id":28211,"date":"2018-03-23T13:04:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T13:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=28211"},"modified":"2018-03-23T13:04:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T13:04:45","slug":"spar-closure-leaves-15-jobless-residents-unhappy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/23\/spar-closure-leaves-15-jobless-residents-unhappy\/","title":{"rendered":"Spar closure leaves 15 jobless and residents unhappy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A SPAR which has served Cardiff people for over 50 years, will close in less than three weeks, after failing to meet financial targets.<br \/>\nFifteen staff members were told earlier this week they will lose their jobs on April 11, when the store &#8211; which includes a Post Office &#8211; closes.<br \/>\nThe Lakeside shop, on Clearwater Way, decided not renew its lease because it had been \u201crunning at a loss for some time and was no longer financially viable,\u201d a Spar spokesman said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are gutted, but this is a business and if they don\u2019t get money, they are going to close,\u201d said Spar Lakeside supervisor Brenda Garibay.<br \/>\nIt is believed that Spar lost customers to Tesco Express, who moved onto the street in July last year.<br \/>\nStore landlord, Mr Cash says he is yet to receive a notice of the closure from Spar.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are all shocked and devastated. This shop has been here so many years and this has become our little family,\u201d said Sandra Taylor, Spar shop assistant.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28214\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28214\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28214\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/cover-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Spar sisters Sandra Taylor and Yvonne Preece.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nMs Taylor, 60, of Farmleigh, has worked at Spar with her sister, Yvonne, for over a year.<br \/>\n\u201cPeople here have got families and mortgages to pay, we\u2019ll have no money,\u201d Ms Taylor added.<br \/>\nYvonne Preece, another Spar shop assistant, says she is sad to leave and worries this could be her last job.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m 63 and I\u2019m not going to get another job. We all love it here and it is heart-breaking, the customers have been coming in here and crying. There are a lot of broken hearts,\u201d Ms Preece said.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28220\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28220\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28220\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5264-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Spar Lakeside on Clearwater Way, in Lakeside.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nMany elderly local residents depend on the Post Office and Pay Point facility inside the Spar to collect their pensions and pay their utility metres.<br \/>\n\u201cOlder people rely on us and will struggle now. For some, the only people the customers see is us. They only get out of the house once a week,\u201d Ms Preece, of Celyn Avenue said.<br \/>\nJillian Rees, of Lakeside Drive said residents in Cyncoed \u201creally need this place\u201d and the friendly staff.<br \/>\n\u201cI will be coming up to 80 and I worry we will be without a post office. This shop has served us so well over the years, come rain and shine. I\u2019m devastated,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nAnother loyal shopper, Suzanne Parry, of Lakeside Drive, comes into Spar everyday and uses the Post Office to stay in touch with family abroad.<br \/>\n\u201cI am going to miss it, I have lived here for over 40 years and come in everyday,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nResidents in Lakeside will have to travel to over a mile to their next nearest Post Office, either Cyncoed Road Post Office or Heath Post Office on St. Isan Road.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28219\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28219\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28219\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/IMG_5261-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Loyal Spar Lakeside shopper Betty Lewis.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nBetty Lewis, 89, of Rannoch Drive, has lived in Cyncoed since 1968 and says this will affect Lakeside\u2019s elderly community.<br \/>\n\u201cI feel very badly about it. There are a lot of elderly people who come down here because of the post office and staff. I am very disappointed to see it go,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SPAR which has served Cardiff people for over 50 years, will close in less than three weeks, after failing to meet financial targets. Fifteen staff members were told earlier this week they will lose their jobs on April 11, when the store &#8211; which includes a Post Office &#8211; closes. The Lakeside shop, on Clearwater Way, decided not renew its lease because it had been \u201crunning at a loss for some time and was no longer financially viable,\u201d a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":28214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[325,3,327,113,5],"tags":[1291,6030,2953,1482,6031,3245,6032,6033,3189,6034],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-28211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyncoed","category-news","category-roath-park-cyncoed","category-uncategorised","category-where-you-live","tag-cardiff-2","tag-convenience-store","tag-customers","tag-cyncoed","tag-financial-targets","tag-lakeside","tag-shop-closure","tag-spar","tag-staff","tag-tesco-express"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spar closure leaves 15 jobless and residents unhappy - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/23\/spar-closure-leaves-15-jobless-residents-unhappy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spar closure leaves 15 jobless and residents unhappy - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A SPAR which has served Cardiff people for over 50 years, will close in less than three weeks, after failing to meet financial targets. 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