Asda to Open 21 New Convenience Stores Across the UK by End of January
The well-known grocery store chain Asda has said it will open 21 more convenience shops by the end of January. After the holiday break, the company is getting back to opening convenience stores. Today, five stores are opening in places like Derby, Stoke-on-Trent, and Crawley.
Asda is currently converting convenience stores it bought from the Co-op and EG Group into its new Asda Express brand. These new stores are part of this ongoing programme.
The 21 stores that are set to open by the end of January will join the 17 stores. And which already have opened this month in places like Clapham, Southampton, and Cardiff.
Asda Express shops that have been recently renovated will carry up to 3,000 brand-name and own-label items to meet the needs of a wide range of customers. This includes “top-up” shopping for things like bread and milk, easy ways to grab lunch on the go, and things you need to make dinner from home.
Andy Perry, Asda’s Vice President of Convenience, was excited about the programme and said, “After pausing our convenience rollout during the holiday season, the programme is now back in full swing.” We have exciting plans to speed up the programme over the next few months. By the end of Q1, we want all 470 shops that we bought from the Co-op and EG Group to be Asda Express.
Here is a list of stores that will open before the end of January, along with the times they will open:
Holmes Chapel – Middlewich Road: January 19, 2024 Derby – Duffield Road: January 19, 2024 Sandford – Sandford Road: January 19, 2024 Sandy – Bedford Road: January 19, 2024 Hornchurch – North Street: January 19, 2024 Heywood – Middleton Road: January 24, 2024 Evesham – Twyford Services: January 24, 2024 Fareham – Highland Road: January 24, 2024 Crouch End – Tottenham Lane: January 24, 2024 Crawley – Balcombe Road: January 25, 2024 Corsham – Pickwick Road: January 25, 2024 Dagenham – Beacontree Avenue: January 26, 2024 Rhuddlan – Rhyl Road: January 26, 2024 Horsham – Worthing Road: January 26, 2024 Denham – Uxbridge: January 29, 2024 Stoke-on-Trent – Holditch, Talke Road: January 29, 2024 Clydebank – Western Highway Station: January 30, 2024 Stoke-on-Trent – Park Hall, Dividy Road: January 30, 2024 Haslemere (Surrey) – Hindhead Road: January 31, 2024 Poole – Sandbanks Road: January 31, 2024 Leicester – Lutterworth Road: January 31, 2024 Asda aims to address its gap in the growing convenience market, a key aspect of its strategy following its acquisition by the Issa brothers and TDR Capital Ltd in 2021.