Sainsbury’s opens first store in an airport
Sainsbury’s has opened its first store in an airport location at Edinburgh Airport.
Situated before security, the Sainsbury’s Local convenience shop will be open 24 hours a day to serve customers passing through from both arrivals and departures.
It will offer a range of meal deals, fruit, veg, meat and fish, as well as fresh bread and cakes baked daily in the store. It also features a bespoke Scottish section for locally sourced products.
Patrick Dunne, Sainsbury’s director of property, procurement & EV ventures, said: “We’re very excited to launch Sainsbury’s Local in a whole new setting for the first time today with the opening of our Edinburgh Airport store.
“We want to build on the resounding success of our other travel hub stores, for example in UK train stations, and we’ll be listening closely to feedback from customers in the coming weeks to learn more about what they want to see from this kind of Local.
“We then hope to bring Sainsbury’s unbeatable combination of outstanding value, quality food and great service to more airport locations in the UK.”
Customers can also take advantage of a new Click & Collect service where they can pick up items ordered online from the retailer’s Argos, Habitat and Tu Clothing brands.
Jordan Mudie, Sainsbury’s Edinburgh airport store manager, said: “We’re passionate about providing good food for all of us and we’re delighted to be able to bring Sainsbury’s tasty, great value products and helpful service to customers form this fantastic airport location.
“I’m really grateful for all the support we’ve received along the way and I hope everyone likes the new store as much as we do.”
