MIXED FEELINGS OVER ASDA PLAN IN SOUTH WEST WALES, UK

Mixed Views Over Asda Plan [Llanelli Star (U.K.)]

Shoppers have expressed mixed reaction to plans to build an Asda store at Parc Trostre Retail Park.The supermarket giant, which is owned by Walmart, is seeking planning consent to build an Asda Living store which specialises in fashion and homeware at the former Carpet Right unit. The company has reassured shoppers that it has no plans to pull its store out of Llanelli town centre.

In an application to the authority, it said the proposed store would compliment the existing supermarket, which stocks mainly food.

It said: “Asda has no other Living outlets in South West Wales, and we expect the new facility to bolster the attraction of Llanelli.”

But some residents feel if the store is approved it could add to the problems of the town centre.

Alana Williams, of Walters Road, said: “I can’t see it as a good idea. It is not nice to see the town empty.”

Posted by Tony Calero on Thursday, August 14, 2008