Wimborne Waitrose To Open Five Months Early.....

By MrTom | Monday, April 26, 2010, 07:39

Waitrose in Wimborne have announced they will open a full five months ahead of schedule on 8th July 2010.

Here they come... Photo by EverydayLife

The arrival of the store in the town has not been without controversy but it would appear now that few locals are showing opposition to the supermarket.

The appointment of a Dorset Branch Manager (Ian Burdekin) will be supported I’m sure by the locals as he previously ran both the Westborne and Gillingham store and knows the county well.

The store have received job applications from over 800 people with 200 positions available.

Disruption will continue for some time as the essential highway work and landscaping continue and with the plans submitted for a bridge to link the supermarket with the town it could be sometime before the development is truly finished.

I for one will be there with my trolley at the ready on opening day. I think the arrival of Waitrose in our town is a great thing and at last I won’t have to suffer the agony of long queues and lack of staff on the tills in the other supermarket in the town.

http://www.waitrose-wimborne.co.uk/

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This store in my opinion can only be great news for the small buisness owner in Wimborne,it will bring more customers to the town and ineffect give us another window of oppurtunity.And then there's the locals who i know regularly jump in the car to go to Ferndown or Ringwood now they can shop here in this lovey town and maybe look at what else we the small buisness offer.I know the other supermarket in town needs to pull it,s socks up to stay in with a chance,competition is great....

By Off The Square Hairdressing at 11:17 on 22/05/10
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Actually I can't wait to go and do my shopping in Wimborne. I've lived here for years, but generally do my food shopping elsewhere. I suppose, as with everything, there is a price to pay. However, Waitrose is not going to just go away and maybe we all just need to accept that it is here now.

By FamBar at 22:04 on 21/05/10
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And then there is the matter of the folk festival. The cricket ground has traditionally been used as a safe place for parents to chill out away from the crowds with their children. Now with Waitrose being built on the ground where do parents go to have a sit down, while knowing their children are safe? The Minster Green? Not really big enough, is it? So will this reduce the amount of people who attend the festival this year, and will it be in danger of disappearing altogether because of the lack of a safe space for families?

By DomCar at 19:13 on 18/05/10
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And then there is the matter of the folk festival. The cricket ground has traditionally been used as a safe place for parents to chill out away from the crowds with their children. Now with Waitrose being built on the ground where do parents go to have a sit down, while knowing their children are safe? The Minster Green? Not really big enough, is it? So will this reduce the amount of people who attend the festival this year, and will it be in danger of disappearing altogether because of the lack of space for families?

By DomCar at 19:13 on 18/05/10
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Waitrose were notified of the Town Green Application by Dorset County Council on 2 October 2009 BEFORE any construction started on the site. They are therefore proceeding with construction at their own risk, and with the knowledge that they may be required by law to reinstate the land to its former state. They are clearly attempting to complete the actual construction before the Town Green Application is decided, clearly in order to predjudice the Application. The cost implications or this possibility, not to mention the 200 new employees who will be out of a job, are a risk that is borne entirely by Waitrose.

I am advised by DEFRA that, "The fact that the land in question is subject to an application to register it as a Green does not, in itself, prevent it from being developed. However, in DEFRA's view, if the land is subsequently registered as a Green, a Court may rule that any unlawful development carried out prior to registration be removed." DEFRA envisages that such unlawful development could then be subject to an order for its removal and the reinstatement of the site.

By baxi22 at 23:09 on 09/05/10
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