Sainsbury’s and Edinburgh Airport have celebrated the launch of a brand new Native retailer at Scotland’s busiest airport.
The brand new comfort retailer is Sainsbury’s first ever store to be positioned at an airport and its arrival is a part of a serious revamp of the meals, drink and procuring choices on supply to passengers flying to and from Edinburgh, in addition to Edinburgh Airport colleagues.
Situated earlier than safety with a number of buyer entrances, the brand new retailer can be open 24 hours a day to serve and assist prospects passing via from each arrivals and departures at Edinburgh Airport, offering a fastidiously curated number of Sainsbury’s nice worth, high-quality comfort merchandise.
That includes tasty meals together with a variety of meal offers, contemporary bread and muffins baked each day instore, scrumptious fruit and veg, meat, fish and meal options, in addition to a bespoke Scottish part showcasing regionally sourced favourites, Sainsbury’s Edinburgh Airport Native has one thing for everybody to select from. Clients can even reap the benefits of a brand new Click on & Acquire service within the retailer, conveniently enabling them to order on-line from Sainsbury’s much-loved Argos, Habitat and Tu Clothes manufacturers for assortment.
Sainsbury’s funding features a retailer group of 26 Sainsbury’s colleagues, who will work collectively to assist good causes locally, for instance by redistributing surplus meals regionally to those that want it most by way of the retailer’s partnership with Neighbourly.
Jordan Mudie, Sainsbury’s Edinburgh Airport retailer supervisor, mentioned: “My group and I are thrilled to be open for enterprise in Edinburgh Airport from in the present day – after months of labor to get every part prepared, we’re prepared to assist and serve our new prospects 24 hours a day. We’re captivated with offering good meals for all of us and we’re delighted to have the ability to deliver Sainsbury’s tasty, nice worth merchandise and useful service to prospects type this unbelievable airport location. I’m actually grateful for all of the assist we’ve acquired alongside the best way and I hope everybody likes the brand new retailer as a lot as we do.”
Patrick Dunne, Sainsbury’s director of property, procurement & EV ventures, mentioned: “We’re very excited to launch Sainsbury’s Native in an entire new setting for the primary time in the present day with the opening of our Edinburgh Airport retailer. We wish to construct on the resounding success of our different journey hub shops, for instance in UK practice stations, and we’ll be listening intently to suggestions from prospects within the coming weeks to be taught extra about what they wish to see from this type of Native. We then hope to deliver Sainsbury’s unbeatable mixture of excellent worth, high quality meals and nice service to extra airport places within the UK.”
Gail Taylor, chief business officer (XAero) at Edinburgh Airport, mentioned: “Work has been ongoing behind the scenes to get this unbelievable new Sainsbury’s retailer prepared in time for Christmas so it’s nice to see it now open for enterprise
“On the airport we’re all the time listening to the issues our passengers are telling us, and offering they choices they actually need, so we’re assured this new addition can be a massively well-liked selection. We look ahead to working intently with Sainsbury’s on its success.”
Sainsbury’s employs over 7,000 colleagues in Scotland and has 100 Scottish shops, a mix of supermarkets and Locals, in addition to round 60 Argos shops.
