Everything to do with Shops

[SteveH]

Tesco has announced changes to its supermarket network in a move that will put over 1,000 jobs at risk.

They said the changes are part of efforts to "serve customers in the best way possible in a competitive market by running our business as simply and efficiently as possible".

 "Following successful rollouts, we have shown that by moving our overnight stock replenishment to daytime trading hours, we can ensure more colleagues are available on the shop floor to help customers at peak times.

"We have therefore taken the decision to move our overnight stock replenishment into the daytime in 36 large stores and 49 convenience stores."

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[SteveH]

Two new businesses opening locally..............

A NEW tools and fixings shop in Conwy enjoyed its first day of business yesterday (January 31) after a ‘soft opening’ last weekend, which included a visit from the mayor.
The CRL Store, based on Conwy Morfa, opened to the general public after months of planning, designing and building.

The store is based within the Conwy headquarters of CRL Group, which was established in 1980 and is involved in building contracting, building hardware, tool and plant hire and more, at Unit 1A Tre Morfa Enterprise Park, Conwy Morfa, just off the A55.
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A home improvements firm started up as a one-man operation nearly four years ago has now moved into a state-of-the-art showroom in a formerly rundown historic building.
Luke Pearce set up L Pearce Home Improvements Ltd in 2018 and has just moved into a former pump house in Rhos-on-Sea
cont  https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/conwy-home-improvements-firm-started-22942303?IYA-mail=a05105fc-304d-4c50-9807-edab51f779a4

[SteveH]

Marks & Spencer has been voted the UK’s favourite in-store supermarket despite a strong showing from discount giants Aldi and Lidl.

As consumers face up to the cost-of-living crisis, the upmarket chain beat out narrow competition from cheaper stores.

M&S’s overall upscale food offering received a customer score of 78% in the annual Which? survey, receiving five stars for store appearance, customer service and the quality of its own-brand and fresh products.

Aldi, looking to reclaim the title for another straight year, was narrowly pipped to the post with a 77% customer score, and was the only supermarket to get a full five stars for value for money.

Survey respondents described it as “cheap and cheerful” however marked them down for long queues and waiting times.

Waitrose completed the top three with 75% but, like M&S, suffered lower scores on value for money.

The ‘big four’ supermarkets – Tesco (70%), Sainsbury’s (68%), Asda (67%) and Morrisons (67%) – performed less well, all sitting in the bottom half of the table for their in-store offering.

cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/aldi-lidl-beaten-ms-chain-23214873

[SteveH]

Marks and Spencer has confirmed the opening date for its new store on a Llandudno retail park.

The famous retailer is moving from Mostyn Street to the former Debenhams unit at Parc Llandudno - creating another 50 jobs in the process, taking total job numbers to over 160.

Today the brand confirmed the opening date will be Wednesday March 16 - with the new store then open 8am to 8pm from Monday to Saturday.

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/marks-spencer-confirms-opening-date-23273222

[SteveH]

Plans to transform a former Outfit unit has been given the go-ahead.

The store on Parc Llandudno closed during the pandemic after parent company Arcadia went into administration.

Last year The Range revealed it wanted to take on the unit but needed to make significant changes.

It submitted an application for the site back in September.

The plans include an extension to the corner unit with a mezzanine floor and a new garden centre to the side of the site.

These have now been approved by planning officers at Conwy council.

cont  https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/former-outfit-store-llandudno-retail-23312419

[SteveH]

Pictures show progress made on new Aldi and Costa Coffee at Llandudno retail park
The old Aldi store closed on Christmas Eve with the new site set to be double the size

Pictures have revealed the progress made so far on the development of a new Aldi and Costa Coffee at a North Wales retail park.

Work is ongoing for the redevelopment of the Aldi store at Mostyn Champneys Retail Park and the creation of a new Costa on the site.

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[SteveH]

First look inside the new Marks and Spencer store in Llandudno
The new North Wales retail park store opens at 10am this morning

They said this is the very first store of its kind in Wales with a fresh-market-style Foodhall "bursting with modern and sustainable features". It includes a 4ft cheese barge, a pick your own eggs section, Scan & Shop, and a 119-seat digital café.

photo gallery  https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/first-look-inside-new-marks-23402331?IYA-mail=a05105fc-304d-4c50-9807-edab51f779a4

[SteveH]

THE Tesco store in Llandudno Junction has closed following an in-store flooding.

This was caused by a burst water pipe.

A spokesperson for Tesco confirmed this, but was unable to give an estimated date or time by which the store, at 6 G Road, would re-open.

Attempts are being made to also contact Welsh Water.

[SteveH]

I caught part of a TV piece last night, with a farmer, saying he could not afford to plant a large field with potato's, due to rising costs, he was not kidding..........

Wales facing a food crisis not seen since the Second World War as prices skyrocket

Farmers are leaving fields unsown due to the unaffordable cost of fertilisers, fuel for farm machinery, and electricity for processing and haulage.

This in turn will have huge repercussions for the availability of food, employment and the viability of farms for years. The cost of living affects everyone, but the impact it is having on farmers, shops, and restaurants is unprecedented, and will continue to have damaging effects regardless of whether Russia and Ukraine find peace.

Put plainly, the horse has already bolted. If you take a fairly average Welsh dairy farm for example, with circa 200 cows, costs have more than doubled. That cost hasn't yet affected the consumer standing in the chilled aisle in the supermarkets, yet.

Here are some numbers to illustrate the problem. In the last financial year, fertiliser costs for 12 months were £31,000. This year it's set to cost £68,000. Last year, electricity costs were £7,500 per quarter. This year, they're sitting at £10,000 per quarter.

And a tank of red diesel, which is used by farmers to fuel farm machinery, used to cost £1,600. These days, it's closer to £3,000. To put that in context, a farm will easily get through a whole tank in a week during silage making or harvest. Most farms will make silage at least twice a year, if not three.

cont  https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/wales-facing-food-crisis-not-23418133

[mull]

Now you can start to regret voting for Brexit.

You can bet the "leaders" who supported it will not be affected .

[norman08]

Someone please tell me what benefits have we seen since brexit 🤔. 

[Ian]

Mull and Norman: you might like this.

[SteveH]

A fashion store will close next month after more than 30 years as no new buyer came forward to take it on. Janet and Paul Boyd set up ladies boutique Sapphire International Fashion in Llandudno in 1990.

It has been going strong ever since despite the retail challenges from the internet, recessions and Covid. In January Janet announced that they planned to retire - and hoped someone would come in to take the business off their hands.

But no buyer has come forward to keep the brand alive. They will now close the store on Saturday April 2 and a clearance sale is on to sell the final stock.

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[SteveH]

All supermarkets in the UK will no longer be selling free range eggs as of Monday. Birds have been unable to be kept outdoors in the country since an outbreak of avian flu last November.

Packaging will now have to display a label which says the eggs are "barn eggs" as opposed to free-range because they were produced by hens that have been kept permanently indoors.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/18/free-range-eggs-unavailable-britain-avian-flu

[SteveH]

POLITICIANS and councillors representing Llandudno have called for the Mostyn Street site left vacant following Marks and Spencer’s relocation last week to be quickly filled to boost the area’s economy.

Last Wednesday, M&S moved from 61 Mostyn Street, where the store had been based in Llandudno for more than 80 years, to the Parc Llandudno retail park, taking on the unit formerly occupied by Debenhams.

Despite M&S expanding at a larger site, in what it says is the first store of its kind in Wales, it has left behind empty retail space on one of Llandudno’s most popular streets.

Last week, the Planning Department at Conwy County Borough Council also confirmed that it has not yet received any applications to take on the Mostyn Street site.

full story......... https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/20011770.new-llandudno-m-s-next-old-mostyn-street-site/