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Mar 2021
Sainsbury's to open store in Harrogate town centre
Sainsbury's is planning to open a new store in the centre of Harrogate by the end of the summer.
The Sainsbury's Local store will open in the former Topshop unit at 33-37 Cambridge Street, which has been empty for more than two years.
Sainsbury's expects to employ about 25 people in a mixture of full-time and part-time roles.
Sainsbury's already has four stores in Harrogate: a large store on Wetherby Road and smaller Local stores on Leeds Road, King's Road and Cold Bath Road.
The new store will be just a minute's walk from the Tesco Express on Cambridge Road.
The investment comes at a difficult time for the town centre, with many businesses closed or struggling to survive as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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It comes at a time when Sainsbury's is to cut 500 head office jobs. Another 650 jobs at the company are also said to be at risk.
Patrick Dunne, Sainsbury's property director, said:
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