Demolition of former Waitrose and Flints in Mere Green begins

The bulldozers have moved in again in Sutton Coldfield as work get under way to build a new Aldi supermarket. The former Flints and Waitrose buildings complex is being demolished to make way for the discount supermarket in Belwell Lane, Mere Green.

Blue fencing went up around the block of buildings including the former Atlas House, early this month. Waitrose closed in 2020 and the building have remained empty.

The new Aldi is one of two in Sutton Coldfield, with a large store also being built on Brassintgon Avenue in the town centre.

The Mere Green store wukk join the existing Lidl, Sainsbury’s, and Marks & Spencer Foodhall as well as Poundland, for food shopping.

The site is being cleared with the new Aldi to be built to the left of the site, with car parking to the right-hand side and at the back, as the former Waitrose had.

The construction of the shop will create 100 jobs, with the new store set to offer 40 more jobs in the area when it opens. The new Aldi will open 8am to 10pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sundays like its other shops.