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Boots (The Chemist) has been sold .

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62Granny Wed 07-Oct-26 16:38:02

Apparently it has been Sold to a Canadian Billionaire for £7bn ,Its the Weston family who also own Allied Foods and A majority in Primark, it was previously owned by an American firm, I didn't know this, it will incude UK & Ireland
Retail, Boots opticians and it's No 7 range.
Hopefully it won't change things for us a consumers too much . Our store and others I go into sometimes seem to be run with very few staff members unfortunately.

MayBee70 Wed 07-Oct-26 16:43:17

My partner, as an ex employee, gets staff discount. Hope he doesn’t lose that. He’d already been made redundant because of a previous takeover. They treated the staff terribly and had to take it to a tribunal.

GrannyGravy13 Wed 07-Oct-26 16:48:52

Best spend my Boots loyalty points in case the scheme is abandoned 🙀