A CRECHE at a Redcar supermarket closed its doors for the last time on Saturday.
Bosses at Safeway, on West Dyke Road, decided to close the crche as part of a revamp of the store, which could create up to 20 jobs.
Staff who worked in the crche have been offered alternative employment in the store, or redundancy.
A Safeway spokeswoman said: "This was a hard decision to make and we are sorry that the crche is closing, but after a careful review, we concluded that, in order to offer best services for customers, we would need to use the space in a new way.
"The store will be undergoing a refit and it was felt the space could be better used to offer our customers new services."
She said the crches at Safeway's Ingleby Barwick and Darlington stores would not be closing.
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