New larger Heron Foods store set to open in Hebburn - here's how you could win £50 to spend

The discount grocery store chain has announced they’ll be opening their relocated St James Mall store in Mountbatten Shopping Centre on Thursday, May 27.

On opening day, the store will be offering a scratchcard-style giveaway to the first 250 customers with top prizes worth £50 to be found along with other prizes including £5 vouchers, product vouchers, and £1 off £10 spend coupons.

The new store has created two new part-time sales assistant positions and will feature a free-to-use indoor cash machine as well as an extended range of products.

Store manager, Debra Storey, who has worked for Heron Foods for over 21 years, said: “We are building on our existing reputation in the area and improving our offering to customers with an expanded grocery range."We look forward to welcoming new and existing customers when we reopen on Thursday, May 27.”

The new store, located at Unit 17-21 in the shopping centre, will be open Monday to Saturday from 8am to 6pm. On Sundays it will be open from 10am to 4pm.

In April, the new store submitted an application to South Tyneside Council for a licence to sell alcohol seven days a week.

The deadline for comments on the application is May 13.

Visitors to the Heron Foods Limited Facebook page will also have the opportunity to choose their favourite charity who will be given £250 as a thank you from Heron Foods.

It is the latest new-look Heron Foods store in South Tyneside, with the company’s branch at The Nook reopening after a makeover in July 2020.

The new Heron store in Hebburn is one of a number of improvements coming online at the Mountbatten Shopping Centre, which was renamed when new owners took charge in 2016.

Bosses hope to take advantage of new homes being built in the area, providing more customers for the shops and services available in Hebburn town centre.

A meeting in October 2019 heard how the owners had dropped rents to try and provide extra incentive for potential newcomers, conceding more recognisable names were needed to attract more customers.

You can subscribe to this website and enjoy unlimited access to local news, information and puzzles online.

With a digital subscription, you can read more than 5 articles, see fewer ads, enjoy faster load times, and get access to exclusive newsletters and content.

Simply click ‘Subscribe’ in the menu.