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Waitrose to open 14 new stores from spring 2015

Published: 29-Jan-2015

The UK supermarket retailer hopes to create 2,000 new jobs

UK supermarket retailer Waitrose is expecting to create 2,000 new jobs via new and extended stores, as well as through a new e-commerce grocery depot this year.

Waitrose, which stocks a strong beauty and personal care offering, is opening 14 shops from spring, while it is also planning to relocate one store and carry out two major extensions to existing stores.

The new supermarkets include Wollaton (Nottinghamshire) Milngavie (East Dumbartonshire), Bagshot (Surrey), Oxford, King's Cross (which will incorporate a new cookery school), Basingstoke (Hampshire) and Guildford (Surrey). Waitrose Horsham will be relocated, doubling the size of the current supermarket, and the branches in Saffron Walden and Bayswater will both undergo major redevelopments.

Waitrose director of development, Nigel Keen, said: "Our expansion story continues as we take the brand to more customers and invest in our omni-channel approach. “Last year many of our new branches received than more than 10 applications for every vacancy - so we're delighted to be able to create an additional 2,000 roles in 2015."

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