Mayor to open town?s newest coffee shop

Mayor to open town?s newest coffee shop

4:00pm Friday 8th June 2012 in Romsey

A COFFEE shop is set to open in Romsey, creating seven new jobs.

The Costa store will be opened by new town mayor, Mark Cooper, tomorrow (Saturday) with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10am.

The 1,700 sq ft premises, in Market Place, for many years The Palmerston bakery, will also welcome customers on the day with a jazz band.

Aaron Lockyer, who has run the Southampton Antelope Park store, will take the helm as store manager.

The store offers a take-out facility, as well as a drink in-store service and free wi-fi.

?Buy One Get One Free? vouchers have been distributed to just under 20,000 households around Romsey.

Costa said it would support local events such as ?Romsey on your Doorstep?, the ?Romsey Food Festival? on August 5 and will provide cakes and pastries at this month?s ?Romsey Retailer Meeting?.

Matt Coulthard, Costa?s operations manager, said: ?We look forward to welcoming the people of Romsey to enjoy the Costa experience with us.

?We intend to play an active role in this vibrant community and therefore want to extend a warm welcome to anyone who enjoys coffee and wants to meet their friends or business colleagues in the heart of town.?

Mayor of Romsey, Mr Cooper, said: ?Small town centres increasingly rely on caf?s, coffee shops and general recreational activity to maintain the footfall necessary to keep the kaleidoscope of shops in business. Accordingly, Costa is welcomed to Romsey.?

At present Costa, has more than 2,000 stores in 25 countries.

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