March 21, 2019 5.12 pm This story is over 60 months old

New Hykeham Co-op includes pharmacy and podiatry service

Opening day with a special story
The new food store and pharmacy on Newark Road in Hykeham. Photo: Lincolnshire Co-op

A £2.1 million food store and pharmacy in North Hykeham has welcomed people inside for the first time today.

The newly-built Lincolnshire Co-op outlet on Newark Road has created 15 new jobs in the area.

Inside there’s a range of services including an in-store bakery, takeaway Costa Coffee and hot food-to-go, meal options, goods from the society’s Love Local range and chilled beers and wines.

It’s also home to a pharmacy and podiatry service, which was further along Newark Road.

The move means there’s now a more accessible private consultation room and a bigger dispensary, to help the team care for people’s health and wellbeing.

The whole site is served by a 21-space car park.

Manager at the new store Adam Waddingham with couple Rod and Maureen Timmis, who celebrated a special day today.

Some of the first customers were Rod and Maureen Timmis, from North Hykeham. Today was a special day for the couple – they’re celebrating their 51st wedding anniversary.

They met each other in 1965 while working for Lincolnshire Co-op in its former shoe department in Silver Street in the city.

When they realised the Hykeham store’s opening coincided with their anniversary, they decided to share it with the team.

Store Manager Adam Waddingham presented them with flowers and a bottle of bubbly, and members of the store team gathered to congratulate them.

The store team at Lincolnshire Co-op’s new Newark Road food store congratulate the couple.