UK’s leading garden centre retailer officially opens its largest ever store in Northern Ireland, creating 120 new jobs

Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, has officially opened its largest ever store at The Junction Retail and Leisure Park in Antrim town.
By Claire Cartmill
Published 5th Oct 2023, 13:53 BST
Updated 5th Oct 2023, 16:33 BST
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The 110,000 sq ft flagship store is Dobbies’ second venture in Northern Ireland and has created 120 new jobs, making it one of the largest employers within the Antrim and Newtownabbey borough.

Musgrave NI, a leading local retail and wholesale business, will supply a specially curated range to Dobbies’ food hall including Signature Tastes, Donnybrook Fair, Happy Pear and Frank & Honest Gourmet Coffee.

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Television presenter Pamela Ballantine officially opened the doors yesterday morning joined by Deputy Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Rosie Kinnear, Dobbies CEO David Robinson, store general manager Ken Ferguson and operations manager Jenny Campbell, and The Junction landlord, Lotus Property’s MD Alastair Coulson.

Dobbies opens its biggest ever UK store at The Junction Retail and Leisure Park, Antrim to queues of hundreds of customers in anticipation to get a first-look aroundDobbies opens its biggest ever UK store at The Junction Retail and Leisure Park, Antrim to queues of hundreds of customers in anticipation to get a first-look around
Dobbies opens its biggest ever UK store at The Junction Retail and Leisure Park, Antrim to queues of hundreds of customers in anticipation to get a first-look around

Dobbies also welcomed school children and their families through the doors following the announcement of a partnership between Dobbies and local Special Educational Needs school, Riverside.

This is the largest store in Dobbies’ UK portfolio with outdoor and indoor plant areas; gardening products; seasonal items; pet, gift and toy departments as well as cookshop and home décor; a food hall, a Little Seedlings children’s soft play area and new restaurant and coffee shop.

l Waterstones will today open its ninth bookstore in Northern Ireland at Rushmere Shopping Centre, Craigavon, creating 10 jobs.

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