UK’s second all-new Costcutter store officially opens in Whitkirk, Leeds

A new-look Costcutter store on Selby Road in Whitkirk, Leeds, is officially open for business.

The opening of the new store, which welcomed local Vicar, Reverend Matthew Peat, his choir and members of the Leeds United Ladies football team as special guests, is only the second all-new Costcutter store to open in the UK.

The store features a new brand design and utilises in depth shopper insights to create a product range specifically for this area to meet local shoppers’ needs.

Offering a wide range of convenience products including food-to-go, a selection of fresh food and chilled produce, beers, wines and spirits and locally sourced products, the store has created 12 new jobs, with staff employed from the local area.

Simon Shaw, Costcutter Supermarkets Group director of company owned stores, said: “The new-look store has been designed to meet the needs of the local community and to offer not just the products they want, but a fantastic shopping experience.

“As one of the first new-look Costcutter stores, we’re really looking forward to wowing customers with our fresh look and feel and can’t wait to see their reaction.”

The Leeds store is one of the first new look Costcutter stores in the country and forms part of a brand transformation programme.

This includes focusing on modern convenience shopping needs such as fresh and chilled food, making it easy to grab what shopper’s need for their evening meal, as well as food-to-go for the busy shopper.

Simon Shaw added: “The launch of the new brand is part of a wider programme to enable our retailers to respond to the specific shopping needs of their local community by developing a truly local offer that attracts new shoppers into their store.”