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Snells Beach looks unlikely to get a supermarket anytime soon.
Woolworths confirmed this month that it has abandoned plans to build a FreshChoice at the southern end of the Snells Beach Shopping Centre, near the roundabout.
A spokesperson says the business case did not support the build as “the community is not large enough to support two supermarkets”.
The company believes Foodstuffs intends to open a supermarket in the store currently occupied by The Warehouse, which is due to close in mid-March.
Last year, Woolworths announced it was looking at building a store with a 1200 square metre footprint and 103 carparks, creating 50 new jobs.
Foodstuffs has declined to comment on any plans for Snells Beach, but it has been confirmed that Warkworth New World owner/operator Anna Carmichael will shift her allegiances to the new Pak’nSave supermarket in Warkworth in May, ahead of a mid-year opening. Both New World and Pak’nSave are owned by Foodstuffs.
Carmichael has run the Warkworth supermarket with husband Ben and brother Jeremy Ross since 2013.
Meanwhile, Noel Leeming will close its store in Queen Street, Warkworth on February 19.
The new store in the Warehouse complex, off Woodcocks Road, will open in June.
Noel Leeming regional store lead Shilpa Kothari says the new store will be three times the size of the current store and will stock a wider range of products and services.
“Our team members will be offered roles in other The Warehouse Group stores nearby while the new store is being built,” she says.
