New Scottish Waitrose store to boost local economy
Upmarket supermarket chain Waitrose is to open a new store in the Scottish town of Newton Mearns, creating around 200 new food jobs for the area. Another main benefit of the store is the fact it will stock more locally-sourced food and drink products from Scottish companies, thus boosting the economy as well as supporting small local businesses.
The new 25,000-square-foot Newton Mearns store will offer around three hundred Scottish product ranges, including Bute-based Henshelwoods Fine Foods and Gigha Island Halibut. Managing director for Waitrose, Mark Price, explains what this means for shoppers in Scotland:
He went on to say that as well as creating new food jobs, stores like the ones in Newton Mearns allow to company to "invest further in suppliers in the west of Scotland and beyond."
Construction on the new Waitrose store in Newton Mearns is expected to last around 12 months or so, with the store planning to officially open its doors to the public early in 2011.
The new 25,000-square-foot Newton Mearns store will offer around three hundred Scottish product ranges, including Bute-based Henshelwoods Fine Foods and Gigha Island Halibut. Managing director for Waitrose, Mark Price, explains what this means for shoppers in Scotland:
"Waitrose Newton Mearns represents our first new build store in Scotland and demonstrates our ambition to make our brand more accessible to more Scottish consumers."
He went on to say that as well as creating new food jobs, stores like the ones in Newton Mearns allow to company to "invest further in suppliers in the west of Scotland and beyond."
Construction on the new Waitrose store in Newton Mearns is expected to last around 12 months or so, with the store planning to officially open its doors to the public early in 2011.
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