'Deeply Concerning' Cry Shoppers After Major Charity Retailer With 700 Stores Shuts 'Outstanding*

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SHOPPERS have been left gutted after a major charity with 750 stores pulled down the shutters on one of its branches.

British Heart Foundation welcomed customers into its shop in Lowestoft, Suffolk , for the final time on Saturday, June 1.

Gary Purser, British Heart Foundation area manager, added: ⁘We would like to thank our wonderful staff and volunteers for all their support over the years, some of which will be moving to other stores nearby.

⁘They can still support the British Heart Foundation and visit our Great Yarmouth and Norwich stores, or shop online on our BHF eBay store.⁘

Another echoed the sentiment, adding: ⁘Things are really bad when even charity shops are closing down.⁘

And a fourth said: ⁘If it wasn't for shops like this then research into heart problems etc could not be done.

The news follows a swathe of charity shop closures in recent months in a blow for the high street.

The chain, which runs around 500 UK shops, said it had decided to shut the store as it was not ⁘viable⁘.

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