Tag: supermarket

Beeston store wars: Tesco and Asda plans set to be rejected

Supermarket giants Asda and Tesco could be dealt a blow when their rival planning applications for stores in Old Lane, Beeston, go before councillors next week. Planning officers are recommending refusal of BOTH applications – Asda is hoping for a new bigger store on its current Old Lane site and Tesco aims to build

Holbeck: Work continues on new Middle Eastern supermarket

Work continues apace to get the old Kwik Save supermarket site ship-shape and ready for a supermarket/cafe/restaurant/takeaway called ‘Venus’. Venus, at the bottom of Domestic Street, will sell Turkish and Middle Eastern food and drink and will apparently be ‘opening soon’. In the past week, teams of workmen have been seen re-roofing

Beeston Store Wars: More than 800 sign Asda petition, say supermarket giants

The PR battle between two supermarket giants continues. Asda and Tesco are going head to head in a bid for planning permission in Beeston as Asda looks to build a new bigger store on its current Old Lane site and Tesco bids to build a new supermarket on a neighbouring site. The proposals

Revised plans submitted for Middleton Asda

Supermarket giant Asda has submitted revised plans for its long-delayed store in Middleton. Back in February it was revealed that the store, which originally received planning permission in 2010, would be open by November 2013. But the controversial development has been dogged by delays, including wrangles over land ownership, the

Former Holbeck Kwik Save to become Venus: Middle Eastern supermarket/restaurant

Seems that the former Holbeck Kwik Save supermarket at the bottom of Domestic Street has finally found a new owner. According to the signs which have gone up this week, the former supermarket building – which has been empty since 2007 – will be transformed into a supermarket/cafe/restaurant/takeaway called ‘Venus’

Store Wars Episode IV: Tesco and Asda set for live Beeston forum debate

Now here’s a date for your diary… Local group Beeston Community Forum will be holding a special meeting on Thursday, 28 June to allow representatives of Asda Stores Limited and Tesco Stores Limited to update local residents about the current situation in relation to their planning applications for new stores on Old

Beeston Store Wars episode III: Asda calls for store plans feedback

Supermarket giant Asda is calling on the people of Beeston to provide feedback on its plans for a brand new store – which they claim will regenerate a prominent disused industrial site and provide 140 new jobs. The calls follow Tesco’s claim earlier this month to have the support of

Slideshow: Middleton Arms demolition latest

[slideshow]The demolition of the Middleton Arms continues to gather apace – as these photographs sent to South Leeds Life by Deacon Al Henry clearly show. Deacon Al took the photos at 3pm today where a small crowd can be seen watching the demolition of one of south Leeds’ landmarks. We