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A WILKO rival has made a "disgraceful" joke about the takeover of the company and shoppers are threatening to boycott the chain.<\/p>\n

B&M has sparked backlash with a social media post joking about its takeover of a number of Wilko stores.<\/p>\n

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In the now-deleted Facebook post, B&M left shoppers fuming with its out-of-touch attempt a humour.<\/p>\n

The post read: "Popped into B&M for a few things and left with 51 Wilko stores.<\/p>\n

"It happens to the best of us."<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail reports that the post quickly received backlash from people online.<\/p>\n

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One user said: "Christ B&M, people have lost their jobs and are on the brink of unemployment and this?"<\/p>\n

Another fumed: "Well B&M, aren't you such a lovely lot 12,500 jobs on the line and you think this is funny? Glad I don't work for you lot."<\/p>\n

While another added: "Absolutely disgraceful post!"<\/p>\n

The Sun has reached out to B&M for comment.<\/p>\n

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B&M announced yesterday that it would be taking over 51 Wilko locations in a \u00a313million deal.<\/p>\n

But the future of hundreds of remaining Wilko stores and thousands of jobs still remain uncertain.<\/p>\n

On the same day the "joke" was posted hundreds of staff were made redundant at the company's Worksop support centre.<\/p>\n

Further losses are expected at the company's Worksop and Newport warehouses this week.<\/p>\n

This comes as administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has confirmed\u00a0a total of 52 shops will close their doors by the end of September 14.<\/p>\n

Twenty-four branches will close on September 12 while a further 28 will shut for good on September 14.<\/p>\n

It comes as a total of 1,332 jobs are slashed in the latest round of\u00a0redundancies.<\/p>\n

It has not yet been confirmed which of the 51 stores is being bought out by B&M.<\/p>\n

There is still hope that some of the remaining Wilko stores could be saved along with thousands of jobs.<\/p>\n

HMV owner Doug Putman is said to be still in talks to buy 200 of the troubled chain's stores.<\/p>\n

The Sun previously revealed that weekend\u00a0negotiations between Canadian entrepreneur Mr Putman\u00a0had run into problems.<\/p>\n

The businessman, who bought HMV in 2019, is said to have been dealing with issues with Wilko suppliers.<\/p>\n

Administrators have also been in talks with rival retailers Poundland,\u00a0Home Bargains\u00a0and\u00a0The Range.<\/p>\n

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Poundland's owner Pepco is said to be eyeing up around 100 stores.<\/p>\n

Even if Mr Putman's deal does go through some\u00a0Wilko\u00a0stores will still be forced to shut for good.<\/p>\n

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