STUDENTS have praised the new £1.25m Fulton House redevelopment. This includes the new supermarket CostCutter, a clothes shop Fulton Outfitters and a new coffee shop; Café Blas.
CostCutter now features a “Bake & Take”, selling hot pasties and sausage rolls as well as a wall of alcohol featuring some of the stronger booze; Special Brew larger (9% abv) and K Cider (8.4% abv) for the more alcohol resistant students, Moet Champagne (a mere £37) for students looking to celebrate, as well as the usual beers, ciders, wines and spirits.
The shop, which has been compared to looking like the Co-Operative Food shops with its black and green branding, turned over £2,000 in the first two hours of trading and had reached £4,000 before lunchtime.
Vegetarians and vegans were delighted to hear that the new shop is stocking three types of tofu as part of 28 lines of vegan foods.
Josh Hayman and Vegetarian Charlotte Britton admiring the vegan choices sold
Ruthie Oldham, Students’ Union General Secretary said: “[It is] such an improvement from the old supermarket; both in location and stock! As a veggie, I’ll miss Niche but pleased to see lots of the products (such as tofu) are still available”
A whole section of international cuisine will help replace the Niche shop, combining specialised food with more mainstream consumer groceries.
International Cuisine
But not all students thought the shop was a positive move.
Amy Drawbridge, Station Manager of Xtreme Radio said: “Some of the items have gotten more expensive. Echo Falls wine is now £6.65/bottle!”
Sarah Ely, an Engineering student complained about some limited lines: “Wish it had a wider range of fruit, other than just apples and oranges.”
Staff working at CostCutter commented it was exceptionally busy, adding that students were buying so much that at one point, the entire till system failed for a brief period.
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