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{"id":938,"date":"2022-09-14T21:09:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T20:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dorsetnews.uk\/?p=938"},"modified":"2022-09-14T21:27:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T20:27:03","slug":"co-op-confirms-september-19-opening-times-but-insists-staff-must-still-come-in-at-7am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dorsetnews.uk\/2022\/09\/14\/co-op-confirms-september-19-opening-times-but-insists-staff-must-still-come-in-at-7am\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-op confirms September 19 opening times, but insists staff MUST still come in while they&#8217;re closed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-convenience-store-chain-slammed-after-employees-told-they-must-still-start-at-7am\">Convenience store chain slammed after employees told they must still start at 7am<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-op, who operate a small number of stores in Portland, have confirmed whether or not they will be open during the Queen&#8217;s Funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an announcement made yesterday, Co-op will close its stores, including those in Weymouth &amp; Portland, until 5pm on September 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Disappointed customers will have to wait until 5pm on September 19 to be able to do their essential shopping that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In areas such as Portland, Co-op is the only nearby local shop that many residents have access to for their primary needs, namely their Fortuneswell and Weston stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remembering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VsxvW8RFU9\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/VsxvW8RFU9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Co-op (@coopuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coopuk\/status\/1569663935049089026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 13, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some stores had to wait until today (September 14) to receive information about their opening times, causing confusion and worry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This announcement isn&#8217;t without controversy, however, as customers and employees alike noticed that staff are still required to be inside the shop to accommodate store deliveries during its closure, with one twitter user calling it &#8220;A publicity stunt gone wrong&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was indeed confirmed by Co-op&#8217;s &#8220;Colleague Comms&#8221;, who are responsible for sending store managers the relevant information about certain situations just like this one. 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You&#39;ll be closed from morning till 5pm but still have to be in the shop because the Co-Op doesn&#39;t value their employee&#39;s time.<\/p>&mdash; Seitanic_Cultist (@SeitanicCultist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeitanicCultist\/status\/1569708849522946049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 13, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Because the staff were calling them out on still having to work while the shop was closed to the public. 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