Asda opening 34 new Express stores before Christmas - including four in Greater Manchester
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAsda will be opening 34 new Express stores across the UK before Christmas - including four in the Greater Manchester area. Eight of the new stores opened their doors to the public today.
Asda Express stores are the retailer's new smaller convenience stores. Earlier this week, Manchester city centre got its first Express store, located on Oxford Road.
The openings come as Asda continues its rapid rollout of Co-op and EG Group petrol forecourt conversions. Asda took over a total of 132 Co-op forecourts last year in a deal worth £438 million. READ MORE: Asda opens its first Express store in Manchester city centre Read more from the Manchester Evening News here. New stores in Norfolk, Hampshire, Dorset, Durham, Staffordshire and West Yorkshire will open from today, December 7, while two more will be opening on December 11.
A further 12 will open on December 12, four more on December 13, seven more on December 14 and another one on December 15, the Mirror reports.
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