Waitrose’s plan for 100 ‘convenience’ stores continues with new branch in UK city | UK | News
Waitrose has opened a new branch in a large city of England, aiming to open 100 markets in the next five years. Supermarket retailer, which already has 329 stores in the UK, has started to be broadcasting new stores.
Waitrose has previously confirmed that the movement of market shops was responding to changing consumer habits and demand. This first shop opened last year at Hampton Hill, London. The latest Waitrose Market was opened on Thursday (September 25th) in the Bristol Arches area and marked the latest milestone to the UK store property in the multi -year investment program of £ 1 billion.
A little below 3,000 square meters, the shop, Waitrose’s favorite of Food Lovers – Waitrose No. It offers more than 3,400 products, including its own brand ranges, such as 1.
Employing 25 Personnel New Store 1-3 Gloucester Road replaces the old Future Leap, a sustainable joint work and event area operating for six years before closing in January. Previously, Maplin occupied the same site.
Branch Manager Tom Blyth has more than 18 years of experience in John Lewis Partnership, as a department manager at John Lewis Nottingham and as the manager of Little Waitrose Clift until recently.
Tom said: “It is great to be a part of such an important country -wide investment. My team and I have been ready to welcome customers to their brand new stores. In addition to our various quality products, they will explore the appropriate delivery and collection options limited to the perfect service where the partnership is famous.
“As for the belts from Cliftton, I am pleased to continue to support local society through our extraordinary customer experience and creation of business opportunities.”
To celebrate the launch, at 8 o’clock, the first customer from the doors met a free bag gift and received a bouquet of flowers with additional early bird customers.
Waitrose confirmed that more investment in the Bristol region with the launch, as the retailer will be monitored by the first distribution center in the region. Mountpark’s 360.000 SQ FT Distribution Center Bristol 360 It is planned to open towards the end of 2026. It is designed to have more adaptation to about 50 existing Waitrose stores.
