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Fosse Shopping Park is one of Britain's biggest out-of-town shopping parks and it is situated in Enderby parish, in Blaby district, on the southern edge of the city of Leicester, England. [ 1 ] The retail park is in an area of mixed industrial and commercial development, about half a mile from Junction 21 of the M1 , where it meets the M69 .
Sainsbury's purchased Supermac for £32m. [2] Supermac had planned to redevelop the site itself in a £30 million project, however a company director pointed out that the company would be at the peak of its overdraft at the same time as facing competition from Sainsbury's opening its first stores in Northern Ireland.
J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, [a] is a British supermarket and the second-largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom.. Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company was the largest UK retailer of groceries for most of the 20th century.
In April 2005, Sainsbury's acquired SL Shaw Ltd, a neighbourhood convenience shop operator with five shops in the south-east of England. After a programme of refurbishment, the five shops converted to the Sainsbury's Local format, combining Shaw's reputation and customer service with Sainsbury's expertise in fresh and convenience foods. [8]
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The Galleries shopping centre opened in 1974. Originally the area where Costa coffee is was all open plan without a roof, this to be added years later. The Galleries boasts the UKs first ever flagship “Savacentre” store, now Sainsbury’s. [2] Since 2009, work at the centre has included erecting new entrances and improving the atrium. [3]
Lydford-on-Fosse straddles the Fosse Way, an ancient Roman road which linked the cities of Lincoln and Exeter.The village takes its name from two Saxon words, Lyd torrent or noisy stream and Ford a passage crossing a river, [2] and was established before the Norman Conquest. [3]
The modern road ends at a picnic site car park, and a further 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwards can be explored on foot. The junction of Fosse Way with Watling Street, now the A5, is at High Cross (Roman name Venonis). [13] Watling Street is the county boundary between Leicestershire and Warwickshire.