The new store, situated at Deeside Retail Park in Shotton opened to the public on Tuesday (June 24) – bringing with it an additional 15 jobs to the local community.
(Image: Paul Currie) To celebrate the grand opening, The Food Warehouse store gave away £1,500 worth of store vouchers to the first 150 customers in the queue, as well as a free tray of Ferrero Rochers to the first 200 customers through the checkouts.
Raffle tickets were given to each person in the queue before 7.45am, which saw three winners take home a Tower Panini Press. An additional seven shoppers won a Tower Air Fryer.
People queue to be among the first inside the new store. (Image: Paul Currie) Five other lucky customers also won the chance to take part in a 90 second supermarket sweep-style trolley dash around the entire empty store, filling their trolleys for free.
Matthew Jones, Store Manager at the new Food Warehouse store, said: “We’re so pleased to welcome shoppers to our brand new The Food Warehouse store this morning. Everyone was so excited for the grand opening – people were even in the queue from 4am!
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“If you haven’t been down yet, make sure to check out our brand-new store and get your hands on some unmissable deals!”
Kristian Barrett, group retail firector at Iceland Foods, added: “We’re thrilled to have opened our new store, ensuring even more local residents can get their hands on market-leading deals, alongside a brilliant range of frozen, grocery and fresh foods.”
The store will be open from 8am – 8pm, Monday to Saturday and 10am – 4pm on Sundays.