Local hero Booths falls foul of Cumbria traders.(news)(Booths Supermarkets)(Edwin Booth)(Company overview)(Brief article)

Grocer | May 31, 2008| | Copyright

It prides itself on its local sourcing and community retailing, but Booths is facing its second battle with upset locals over new store plans in the space of a year.

Although the upmarket northern chain has won praise for its support for local producers and its pioneering artisan stores, local traders have reacted with fury over the retailer's plans to build a 12,500 sq ft supermarket on the site of a car dealership in the South Lakeland resort of Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria.

The retailer claims the store will create 70 full and part-time jobs, as well as ...

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