{"id":1739,"date":"2025-08-26T10:59:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2025-08-26T13:41:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:41:54","slug":"really-bad-sign-that-even-big-chains-cant-turn-make-money-here-colwyn-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/really-bad-sign-that-even-big-chains-cant-turn-make-money-here-colwyn-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cReally bad sign that even big chains can\u2019t turn make money here,\u201d Colwyn Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1703\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Costa-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Costa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Costa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Costa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Costa.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Costa, based in BayView Shopping Centre shut in June 2024. A couple of local residents sitting in the caf\u00e9 opposite saw it as a \u201creally bad sign that even big chains can\u2019t turn make money here\u201d. The BayView is a date shopping mall in the centre of the town, plans renovate the centre have just been made public. The perception is that the main tenant \u2013 Morrisons \u2013 are the driving force behind the plans. \u201cif Morrisons went then no-one would come in\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Costa, based in BayView Shopping Centre shut in June 2024. A couple of local residents sitting in the caf\u00e9 opposite saw it as a \u201creally bad sign that even big chains can\u2019t turn make money here\u201d. 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