![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wilko-fans-are-sharing-pics-of-empty-shelves/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/crop-23481727.jpg&description=SOLD OUT Published : 15:55, 14 Aug 2023 Updated : 15:55, 14 Aug 2023 WILKO shoppers are facing empty shelves as they head to stores to bag last-minute deals. Fans of the bargain retailer have shared their devastation at its failure on social media and have noticed gaps in stock at many stores. 3 More empty shelves inside one London Wilko with tags saying 'sale' Credit: Rex 3 Wilko in Broad Street Mall, Reading has seen its shelves get emptier since the news broke. Credit: Rex 3 Shelves in the chain's Didcot branch are almost empty of stock Credit: Rex Wilko's 400 stores are continuing to trade as normal, while administrators set a deadline of Wednesday for bidders. Rival retailers are understood to be interested in buying up some of the business, which could save 300 stores and thousands of jobs. But customers have noted the gaps already on Wilko's shelves and shoppers visiting stores in London, Reading and Didcot have posted photographs of empty racks. Others have taken to social media to complain about the stock issue. One shopper said on Facebook : "Has anyone noticed that Wilko in Wigan is looking like it's closing? It is nearly bare. With fixtures gone & loads of empty floor space." Another said: "Just went into Wilko and it's half empty." Others have said that their local stores have suffered from empty shelves for a while. "Why is everyone so surprised? The stores have been half-empty for the last few years and prices through the roof," said one shopper. Another said: "Wilko's shelves have been increasingly empty for several years." Shoppers have been tempted in to stores by huge posters in windows promoting a huge administration sale over the weekend. Signs have popped up in Wilko stores that read: "Wilko administration sale. 1000s of reductions throughout the store." PwC has confirmed the sale is beginning to take place in all stores this week. The future of the popular bargain chain hangs in the balance, after failing to find further investment or a bu){kind=link}
WILKO shoppers are facing empty shelves as they head to stores to bag last-minute deals.
Fans of the bargain retailer have shared their devastation at its failure on social media and have noticed gaps in stock at many stores.
Wilko’s 400 stores are continuing to trade as normal, while administrators set a deadline of Wednesday for bidders.
Rival retailers are understood to be interested in buying up some of the business, which could save 300 stores and thousands of jobs.
But customers have noted the gaps already on Wilko’s shelves and shoppers visiting stores in London, Reading and Didcot have posted photographs of empty racks.