The brand new retailer is anticipated to open in 2027
Waitrose has revealed plans to open its first full-size grocery store for seven years. Guardian group the John Lewis Partnership stated it has agreed a multi-million-pound deal to develop the grocery store arm additional. The brand new retailer is anticipated to open in Brabazon, a brand new city in North Bristol, in 2027.
The 30,000 sq. foot retailer, which is being developed in partnership with YTL Developments, is about to create round 150 jobs. Will probably be the retailer’s first full-line grocery store opening since earlier than the Covid pandemic, though it has expanded over the interval by comfort and smaller franchise shops.
Waitrose can also be set to open a brand new comfort retailer in The Arches in Bristol and has not too long ago opened franchised shops with Welcome Break in Spaldwick, Cambridgeshire and Rotherham, and a comfort retailer in Southwick, West Sussex. It is going to open two extra Welcome Break shops in Hickling, Leicestershire and Newark, Nottinghamshire, later this summer time.
The opening is a part of plans to speculate £1 billion into new shops and enhancements to 150 current shops over the subsequent three years. James Bailey, managing director for Waitrose, stated: “We’re transferring up a gear in retailer funding as we open in new areas and modernise our current property to carry the standard, service and worth that clients love about Waitrose nearer to extra folks.
“Brabazon is among the most fun new metropolis districts within the UK, driving the expansion of one of many UK’s most vibrant and profitable regional economies. Partnering with YTL Developments at Brabazon underlines our ambition and the chance we consider we’ve got to develop our attain.”
The shop can be in Brabazon, a brand new neighbourhood in Bristol being constructed on the previous Filton Airfield, the place each UK Concorde was constructed. Seb Loyn, planning and improvement director at YTL, stated: “The arrival of Waitrose in 2027 just isn’t solely nice information for the thriving group of recent residents at Brabazon.
“It exhibits that this new metropolis district is now firmly established as one of the vital enticing locations for each homebuyers and business funding within the South West.”
