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Asda to open convenience store in Knaresborough tomorrow

Thursday, 2 November 2023 16:00

Supermarket giant Asda has converted the Co-op on Boroughbridge Road into an Asda Express, which will be opening tomorrow (Friday).

Asda to open convenience store in Knaresborough tomorrow Asda is set to open an Asda Express store on Boroughbridge Road in Knaresborough. The new store will open tomorrow (Friday) after Asda announced plans to convert 116 Co-op convenience stores on petrol forecourts across the country. This week, a further 14 stores will be opened as part of the programme, including in Knaresborough, bringing the total number of converted stores to 25. The remaining stores are due to open by the end of March 2024. [caption id="attachment_85179" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Asda Express.[/caption] Asda Express Asda acquired 132 sites from the Co-op last year in a £438m deal as part of its long-term strategy to become the UK’s second largest supermarket. Andy Perry MD of Convenience at Asda said:

“This conversion programme is an incredibly exciting moment for our business and accelerates our presence in the fast-growing convenience market. “We look forward to bringing Asda’s great value in fuel and groceries to many more communities across the UK and to welcoming over 2,000 former Co-op colleagues to the Asda family in the coming months.”

[caption id="attachment_85178" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The interior of Asda Express.[/caption] The converted Asda Express sites will stock up to 3,000 branded and own-label products to suit a broad range of customer needs including ‘top up’ shops for essential items. In addition to the recently converted Asda Express stores, the supermarket currently has three stand-alone Express stores in Sutton Coldfield, London (Tottenham Hale) and Calne. Upcoming sites include Manchester Oxford Road and Romford Station, which are due to open in the coming months. Asda also confirmed that its acquisition of EG Group’s UK convenience estate is on track to complete in the final quarter of this year. Read more local stories from Your Harrogate here.

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