Iceland planning Food Warehouse supermarket in Eastbourne

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A national supermarket chain has submitted plans for a new store.

Iceland plans to open a Food Warehouse supermarket on Lottbridge Drove, in Eastbourne.

The chain, part of the Iceland Foods family, launched the Food Warehouse in 2014, with around 150 of these stores now operational across the country.

Catering to providing bulk packages of goods at competitive prices, the store's "spacious aisles" aim to offer customers and businesses an "easier shopping experience".

The former Range site, which Iceland now hopes to occupy (Image: Google)

Iceland intends to transform an existing industrial building at 3-5 Lottbridge Drove, formerly occupied by The Range, into the new Food Warehouse supermarket.

The Range recently moved to the nearby Admiral Retail Park, creating an opportunity for the proposed new entry by Iceland.

Iceland has submitted two planning applications to Eastbourne Borough Council, each serving a distinct purpose.

One application (reference number: 260004) aims to modify the existing building, construct a plant cage and bin store, AC plant installation, a new front screen and single door to the existing brick compound, and four new holes in the external wall for plant pipework.

Drawings showing the planned changes to the existing building (Image: Iceland Foods)

The second application (reference number: 260002) seeks approval to install external branding and advertising.

This includes permission to fit two internally illuminated fascia signs and one non-illuminated fascia sign, adding an external touch to the store's future appearance.

The Food Warehouse already has a branch in Bognor Regis (Image: Google)

Founded in 2014, the Food Warehouse is relatively new in the food retail landscape.

The Iceland Foods chain traces its origins back to 1970, when Malcolm Walker and another retailer opened the first Iceland store.

The company now boasts of more than 800 stores nationwide.

The Food Warehouse, although a recent addition, has significantly expanded to more than 150 stores since its inception in 2014.

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