Designed to be operational through the coronavirus crisis, the new pop up stores will provide NHS key workers with access to a core range of everyday essentials including grocery and impulse products. This includes staples such as bread and milk, as well as basic meal solutions, confectionery products and household items such as toilet rolls and soaps.
Andrew Jones, Compass’s managing director of Healthcare Retail, said: “At this time of unprecedented demand on NHS staff, it is vital that they have easy access to everyday essentials. By putting in place these pop-up stores, we can take away a small amount of the pressure they are feeling at this challenging time.”
The unbranded stores are manned by each hospital’s restaurant staff and mainly make use of existing equipment for the display of products.
Bill Randles, head of national retail accounts at Costcutter, added: “With a number of retail units forced to close due to the Covid-19 crisis, it is vitally important that the NHS staff at these hospitals can easily get hold of core grocery and household products that they need.
“That’s why we have worked hard to open these stores in record time and while the range of products that we are offering in these stores is limited by the facilities, we are confident that NHS key workers will find these everyday essentials helpful.”