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Southside opened in 1971 as the Wandsworth Arndale Centre, and was the largest of the UK-wide chain of Arndale Centres with 110 shops. It occupies much of the town centre of Wandsworth, with five blocks of apartments above and the River Wandle running beneath, in a culvert. It initially included a mix of shops, offices and restaurants, as well ...
Lidl’s middle aisle, as we have learned this week, is particularly attractive to men. Ryan McDonnell, the supermarket’s UK chief, described it as having a “big male following” and ...
Lidl sometimes offers products made in-store, for example the products offered in this self-service bakery in a French store. In October 2009, Lidl Movies was launched in the United Kingdom, [79] undercutting Tesco DVD Rental, which had previously been the United Kingdom's cheapest online rental service for DVDs. The service was powered by ...
Lidl – which is part of the German retail group Schwartz – has more than 890 stores in the UK after opening eight new sites, with plans for more shops to launch in January, including in London ...
[6] [7] The first permanent self-service grocery store in the United Kingdom was opened 12 January 1948 in Manor Park, London by the Co-op, with Tesco opening their first self-service grocery store and Marks & Spencer starting a trial of self-service in the same year. [8] Sainsbury’s opened their first self-service branch in Croydon in 1950. [9]
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Following the defeat of the Shops Bill 1986, which would have enabled widespread Sunday trading, compromise legislation was introduced in July 1994 in England and Wales, coming into force on 26 August 1994, [1] allowing shops to open, but restricting opening times of larger stores i.e. those over 280 m 2 (3,000 sq ft) to a maximum of six hours, between 10:00-18:00 only.
At the time, it featured a large Carrefour supermarket, which later became a Gateway, and subsequently Asda. Metrocentre also featured the first out-of-town branch of Marks & Spencer . [ 5 ] The Green Mall opened as part of Phase 2 on 14 October, with the Blue and Yellow Malls following in Phase 3 in 1987.