Despar Nord opens the Eurospar store in Schio (Vi) following major refurbishment work

Despar Nord yesterday opened the refurbished Eurospar-branded store, located inside the “Campo Romano” shopping centre in Schio (Vi).

The refurbishment

The refurbishment work has redesigned the store’s spaces, which now extend over a surface area of 1.670 sq m, making them more functional and rational. The various departments have also been completely renovated: starting with the fruit and vegetable section, which welcomes customers at the entrance, followed by the bakery and pizzeria, delicatessen and fishmonger’s, staffed meat counter, dairy and frozen foods, and finally the large central area dedicated to grocery and non-food products.

Each sales area is further enhanced by identifying graphics and dedicated illuminated signs, while monitors have been installed along the walls to communicate promotional offers and provide customers with informative content in a more immediate and interactive way.

The product range

The new features of the refurbished Eurospar – which employs 46 staff members, including 3 newly hired employees – also concern the product range, with particular attention to local production and the Vicenza agri-food supply chain. The store offers a wide selection of products from the local area and short supply chain, also as part of the interregional “Flavours of the Local Area” project. The initiative, created to promote the agri-food excellence of Veneto and the Northeast and foster transparent, traceable supply chains, currently brings together 1.170 micro-local and regional products in Veneto.

Further strengthening the offering linked to the local area are partnerships with various local producers, who find in the store a new showcase for their specialities. These include Panificio Gasparini and Panificio Trentin for baked goods, Salumificio San Domenico, Fattoria del Garzador with its rice and flours, and Apicoltura Guoli: businesses that help to tell the story of and showcase the richness of Vicenza’s agri-food production.

Efficiency and sustainability

Particular attention has also been paid to the store’s technical equipment, in line with Despar Nord’s long-standing commitment to adopting innovative plant solutions aimed at reducing environmental impact and energy consumption. The work carried out includes fully LED lighting, food refrigeration systems fitted with doors to limit the loss of cold air, and a system for producing domestic hot water that recovers and reuses the heat generated by the refrigeration systems.

Comments

“When a company chooses to invest in a store in our town, it demonstrates confidence in the local area and its prospects,” emphasised Cristina Marigo, mayor of Schio. “This shop provides jobs for many people and, with its reopening, has taken on new employees: for many families this means stability, and it is one of the signs of the town’s economic vitality. Bakeries, salumerie, farms and beekeepers from the Vicenza area will find a new showcase here, and for the area’s small businesses this is an opportunity for growth, while for consumers it is an opportunity to find quality products linked to our agri-food culture every day. A virtuous circle, since collaboration between large-scale retail and local producers creates value for everyone.”

“We are more than satisfied with the result achieved with this refurbishment – stated Gianfranco Santonastaso, Despar Nord area manager – which has enabled us to review, redesign and modernise the spaces and departments with the aim of welcoming our customers with selected, fresh and genuine products, capable of showcasing the local area that hosts us and simultaneously telling stories of authentic flavours. Despar Nord is thus continuing its commitment to staying close to its customers’ shopping needs, through an offer of very high-quality and competitively priced products dedicated to the Schio area, seeking to interpret its customers’ needs as fully as possible and making shopping increasingly appealing, functional and intuitive.”

This article was translated from the original Italian version with the assistance of artificial intelligence. In case of discrepancies, please refer to the original Italian version.