Ulster Grocer

The Woods Supermarket Group’s new Centra on Dobbin Road, Portadown really does have the ‘wow’ factor with its bold and contemporary design features, combined with a product and service range to satisfy the needs of passing trade and local residents, including myself, says Kathy Jensen.

For the first of this month’s retailer profiles, Kathy Jensen drove through (and over) the heart of the beautiful Sperrins on a gloriously sunny Easter Tuesday to meet up with Pauline Cooper, who owns the SPAR store in the pretty village of Eglinton, just outside Derry.

For the second of this month’s retailer profiles, Kathy Jensen met up with Stewart Mulvenna, Manager of Apsley’s SuperShop in Larne, a thriving tobacconist, newsagent, giftware and greetings card business, as well as a busy cafeteria, in the centre of the town. Apsley’s shop has been a fixture in the hub…

For the first of this month’s retailer profiles, Kathy Jensen visited Clare Johnston of Costcutter Tobermore, who is enjoying a considerable uplift in business following the recent extension and refurbishment of the store. There has been a shop of some description on the site of Clare Johnston’s Costcutter in…

For the first of this month’s retailer profiles, Kathy Jensen visited Donagh and Orla McGoveran’s very stylish new Centra store on the Malone Road, opposite The Botanic Inn. Donagh and Orla, of course, already own the hugely successful award-winning Centra on the Stranmillis Road area, South Belfast…

For the second of this month’s retailer profiles, Kathy Jensen met up with Sean Morrison, owner, and Francis Foster, Store Manager, of the VIVOXTRA store and Texaco forecourt in Ballynahinch.