A Co-op branch has reopened after a two-month refurbishment, with a bigger display area, more stock and longer hours.
The Co-op said that the new layout meant a better range of products and more choice for customers in a branch that now has self-scan checkouts.
The St George’s Road store, in Kemp Town, reopened on Thursday (10 October), having closed on Saturday 10 August for the refit.
The store is now about a third larger – increased in size to 1,350sq ft – and employs 15 staff, with a new opening time of 6am.
The branch has an in-store bakery and the makeover was aimed in part on an enhanced focus on fresh, healthy and chilled produce.
The Co-op said: “The store also offers meal ideas and everyday essentials, food-to-go and meal deals, Fairtrade products, flowers, newspapers and magazines, chilled beers and award-winning wines, ready meals, pizzas and free-from, vegan and plant-based products.
“The online home delivery of groceries is available via Just Eat and Uber Eats – with orders picked fresh in the local store and then delivered quickly and conveniently in the community.
“An ATM provides access to cash in the community and self-scan tills have been added for extra ease and convenience, especially at busier times.
“Works have also been carried out back-of-shop including improved storage, warehousing and refrigeration to enable the store to better serve the community.”
Co-op store manager Nicholas McPhail, known as Nic, said: “The whole team is delighted to have had the opportunity to invest in Kemp Town.
“The store has been transformed with a fresh new look and layout. We are really looking forward to welcoming our members and customers back into their Co-op.
“It is always our aim to operate at the heart of local life and we have worked to develop the range, choice and added services to create a compelling offer to serve and support our community, conveniently.
“Co-op also has a focus on delivering value, with member price savings across a wide range of everyday essentials so that the people who own our business, our member-owners, benefit every time they shop.”
Co-op is one of the world’s largest consumer-owned co-operatives, with its history dating back 180 years. Members own the business and play a part in the organisation’s governance.
The Kemp Town store is now daily from 6am to 11pm.
The Co-op continuing to serve shoplifters at the cost of the decent law-abiding public.
Thanks, but no thanks.
Moving the door is a bonus but they left the step, the perfect perch for a junkie. The other issue it unfortunately it’s a co-op so will be selling the worst sandwiches on the market.
I dunno Dave, some of the petrol stations might have a run for their money on that particular accolade…
Apart from new fridges and a tiny new dark area to the back which is connected to the rest of the shop by a slope, it doesn’t look much different. It’s overpriced and poor quality and certainly woudn’t be my store of choice. I really wish that this was a M&S or a Waitrose local .
Apart from new fridges and a tiny new dark area to the back which is connected to the rest of the shop by a slope, it doesn’t look much different, overpriced and poor quality and certainly woudn’t be my store of choice.