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Fancy new Asda with UK’s first ‘extra special deli counter’ opens inside old Hale Barns Booths store

Fancy town, fancy Asda.

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant - 29th May 2024

A fancy new Asda has opened its doors inside the former Booths unit in one of Greater Manchester’s most affluent towns.

A fancy town has called for a fancy Asda, by the sounds of things.

After it was announced earlier this year that the big Booths store in the Trafford town of Hale Barns would be shutting up shop – which was formerly one of the supermarket‘s largest stores in its portfolio – a brand-new Asda branch has now taken over the unit and officially opened its doors to the public this week.

The 11,000 sq ft Hale Barns store is one of the largest Asda has opened in recent years, according to the retailer.

Once stepping foot inside the new store, shoppers will find more than 8,000 branded and own-label favourites stocked – including fresh food, fruit and veg, frozen favourites, and cupboard essentials – as well as a brand-new store bakery serving up fresh bread and pastries baked daily, and a selection hot food will also be available from the store’s grab-and-go takeaway.

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A fancy new Asda with the UK’s first ‘extra special deli counter’ has opened inside the old Hale Barns Booths store / Credit: Asda

There’s also a Panku Sushi counter and a fan-favourite Asda pizza counter inside.

Nott only that, but this new store is also the retailer’s first store in the UK to house an ‘Extra Special’ deli counter – which offers a selection of cheese and meats from Asda’s premium range.

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All 65 employees who previously worked at the store when it was Booths have now transferred and become Asda colleagues instead, and their pay has been increased significantly from £11.50 to £12.04 an hour.

And, in another way to give back to the local community, the store will have a monthly budget to support local causes and will be matched with a Trussell Trust foodbank to donate surplus food.

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Asda Hale Barns is open 7am-10pm on Monday to Saturday, and 10am-4pm on Sundays.

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Popular night-time indie shopping market returns to Manchester tomorrow

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant

A unique indie shopping market is returning to Manchester, and you’ll be able to shop from 50 local small businesses all under one roof.

In case you hadn’t heard, the hugely-popular Night Market UK is back by popular demand, and it will be stopping off in our city centre for one night only tomorrow as part of the current leg of its tour across the country.

Returning to Manchester, but this time at a new location down at Fairfield Social Club in the Green Quarter, the unique night-time shopping experience will be showcasing more than 50 local small businesses – with everything from bespoke fashion items and beautifully-crafted homeware, to candles, artwork, silverware, and more on offer.

Brutal Fashion, Lost in Music, Urban Botany, and Dapper Alice are just a handful of the indie traders you’ll be able to shop from.

With event organisers promising there’ll be “a stall for everyone” to browse on the night, some of the other traders in attendance, include artisan producers, artists and bakers, as well as Fairfield Social Club’s resident street food purveyors Isit Kitchen, and pizza pros Killa Carbs.

DJ Clara B will also be taking over the club’s sound system too, and will be blasting tunes to set the scene all night long.

From bespoke fashion items and silverware courtesy of Brutal Fashion, to dazzling musical art prints from Lost in Music, and sculptural candles from Urban Botany to beautifully crafted homeware by Dapper Alice, there will be a stall for everyone on the night.

A popular night-time indie shopping market is returning to Manchester tomorrow / Credit: The Night Market UK | Kunal Mahesh Tewari (via The Night Market UK on Facebook)

The Night Market UK will open at Fairfield Social Club from 6pm tomorrow (Friday 26 July), and will run right through until 11pm.

Tickets are now on sale from just £4 each, and can be purchased in hourly entry timeslots – which organisers say “keeps the atmosphere just right” and ensures there’s enough space for everyone to be able to stay as little or as long as they’d like.

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You can buy on the door or grab your tickets in advance here.

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Stockport’s popular pre-worn school uniform shop is reopening for the summer

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A popular pre-worn school uniform shop is reopening in Stockport for the summer, and you can grab items for less than £1.

As the rising cost of living crisis sadly still continues to make its impact felt nationwide, Stockport‘s popular pre-worn uniform shop will throw open its doors following huge success last year and an “overwhelming demand from cash-strapped families“.

It’s popping up inside the town’s Merseyway Shopping Centre for the summer holidays to provide locals with massive savings on next year’s school clothes.

Shoppers can get their hands on pre-worn uniform pieces from as little as 50p each.  

Stockport’s popular pre-worn school uniform shop is reopening for the summer / Credit: Matthew Nichol Photography (via supplied)

The shopping centre says The Pop-Up Uniform Shop is all about providing Stopfordians with “good quality, secondhand school uniform” – with items from schools all across the Stockport borough set to be available when it opens next month.

The pop-up shop will be selling uniform items from all schools across the Stockport borough when it opens next month.

Expected to be a widely-popular addition the Greater Manchester town once again once it returns from 10-17 August, all funds raised from the shop will be going back into the community – with donations set to be made to local food bank, Chelwood Food Bank Plus, as well as one of the UK’s leading arts and mental health organisations, Arc Centre Stockport.

Families will be able to grab items from as little as 50p / Credit: Merseyway (via Facebook)

Ahead of the shop’s opening next month, donations are currently being accepted

Uniform donations can be branded or unbranded but must be “clean and wearable”, and some of the items being accepted include sweatshirts, cardigans, blazers, skirts, pinafores, trousers, shorts, polo shirts, shirts, shoes, plimsolls, PE kits, and school bags. 

Donations will be accepted until Monday 5 August, and can be dropped off at the dedicated collection bin in the undercover mall outside Specsavers. 

“Many families in our community face financial challenges, making it difficult to provide their children with necessary school uniform items,” explained Victoria Nichol, who is the Centre Manager at Merseyway Shopping Centre, ahead of the shop’s opening.

“The Pop-Up Uniform Shop aims to alleviate this burden by offering affordable uniform options for those in need while offering a sustainable alternative to buying new.”

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The Pop-Up Uniform Shop will be open for just one week only from Saturday 10 – Saturday 17 August while stocks last.

Featured Image – Merseyway Shopping Centre (via Facebook)

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