The Asda superstore at the Owlcotes Centre in Pudsey is set to receive a new lease of life.
The supermarket, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, is investing £7.2 million to upgrade stores in Kingswood, Harrogate, York, Pudsey, and Keighley by the end of 2025.
Each store included in the programme will benefit from full shop floor refurbishments, including a simpler and more intuitive layout, as well as new feature lighting and neon signage—all designed to modernise the space and enhance the shopping experience for customers.
Work will begin in most stores in September and is expected to take around seven weeks per store. All stores will remain open as usual for customers throughout the duration of the work.
Liz Evans, Chief Commercial Officer, Retail and Non-Food, said: “We’re proud to continue investing in the communities we serve – especially in Yorkshire, where our story began 60 years ago.
“Following the successful refurbishment of our Pilsworth store earlier this year, we’re pleased to share our plans to modernise these Yorkshire stores and further enhance the shopping experience.”
These upgrades follow the transformation of Asda’s Pilsworth store in Bury, which reopened in March after a £2 million investment and has since received overwhelmingly positive feedback from customers.
Asda’s Owlcotes Centre store opened in 1991, replacing the old store in Fartown. In the mid-1990s it opened the downstairs section, housing non-food items including clothes, toys and electrical equipment.
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Lets hope that includes a resurface of the car park and roads in and out of it
I through it was funny that they actually put signs up warning you about pot holes rather than actually fixing them
Hi Simon.
I understand that the Car park is run by a management company. I saw them trying to fill the pot holes in some time ago on the exit with a very sophisticated machine. It was a shovel, and then smacked down with the shovel when the tarmac went into the pot hole. The final finish was stamping it down with the boot! Guaranteed to last oooh! what? About 24 hours if that?
I hope it includes new checkouts ,those poor girls working on them when the belts not working, handscanners broke and them having to go to about 3 or 4 other checkouts when they need to call for assistance cos no phones on half of them
Just looked at the Leeds council plan. They want to build houses on the Owlcoats ASDA site so is it going to close?
Thanks for your comment Roy. Firstly the proposals aren’t from Leeds City Council, they’re from developers and/or landowners or local residents who have expressed an interest in specific sites. That’s what the council are giving people a say on. Technically anyone can put forward a piece of land and actually put a planning application in, even if they don’t own it.
There are no plans to close Asda at Owlcotes.