Somerfield, Lerwick

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Somerfield Supermarket

Somerfield, Lerwick, located between the Sea Road and the South Road, was one of two major supermarket chains in Lerwick.

The building housed 4 different companies between opening in 1996 and the spring of 2008. Originally Prestos moved in until it was bought over by Safeway, which itself shut down, and the shop was then taken over by Morrisons. Somerfield PLC acquired it from Morrisons in 2006, and traded there until the spring of 2008.

In late March 2008, the Lerwick branch of Somerfield was bought by UK Supermarket giant Tesco, with the full takeover expected to take up to four months. [1] After taking possession of the building on May 7th, there followed a closure for some weeks to allow for internal remodelling and other works, culminating in it opening for trade at 9am on July 14th 2008 as a branch of Tesco.

The business employed 84 full time and part time staff as a Somefield store.