A much-loved bakery which has been a fixture of Swansea city centre's main shopping thoroughfare for 100 years has announced it is to shut down for good. Reeds Bakery has been one of the most popular food businesses to trade along Oxford Street for generations, but it is now less than two weeks away from closing.
The decision has been described as "necessary" in a notice stuck in its window, with increasing energy and material costs, and a reduction in footfall since the coronavirus pandemic, cited as the key reasons behind the move. The business won plenty of loyal customers through the years for its homemade pasties and savouries, hot filled baps, filled rolls and cakes.
Reeds, which will cease trading on Saturday, March 25, is not the only business to have suffered as a result of rising energy costs in Swansea city centre. We reported in February how BrewDog had closed its doors for good because of "increasing costs and spiralling energy bills".
