Owners of the Park View Shopping Centre in Whitley Bay are delighted to welcome Sainsburyís Local into the unit left vacant by Marks & Spencer. The new 3,900sq. ft. store will be open in on 10th February, and will provide quality food shopping for the local community. Plans show an in-store bakery, as well as newspapers, magazines and toiletries, as well as a range of general food store items.

Acting Centre Manager at the Centre, Steve Seymour, commented, "This is exactly the sort of news that we have been hoping for. We expect that our footfall will increase as a result of Sainsburys joining the Centre, so all our retailers will benefit as well as our shoppers. Sainsburys are celebrating 140 years of providing quality food at fair prices and will be an ideal new Tenant when they open their doors for business early 2010 with a great offer."

He added, "This is good news for Whitley Bay, where there have been a number of high profile closures over the last two years. Now with Sainsburyís and other units opening in the Town, it's good news for Whitley Bay as a whole that there is new life being breathed into the Town."