It is hard to say exactly how the refit is progressing as the former Homebase store is transformed into a M&S Foodhall at Fairacres Retail Park. Most of the activity happens out of sight. Contractors enter through a turnstile gate at the rear.
What is clear is that the Homebase signs were there a few days ago.
Now they are all gone.
There are already M&S Foodhalls in Oxford and Didcot, but this one has the advantage of being closer to the A34, making it convenient for passing trade as well as local shoppers.
As for Homebase, all their stores have gone.
With all the additional traffic of delivery lorries and shoppers, what is being done to prepare the road for increased wear and tear?
compared to the people who drive to the same car park everyday?
Don’t really see why delivery lorries or cars would add to the problem – when it was Homebase it would still have had delivery lorries and ‘shoppers’ going there. That exit from Fairacres and the linked trading estate area has been awful for years at pm peak time – can’t blame M & S for that.
Homebase wasn’t selling food. An M&S foodhall will draw far more traffic than Homebase did.
Glass is always half empty for PPJS
Not at all, Colin. However, if you’d like to buy me a pint….