British grocery retailer Waitrose is to build a new full-line supermarket at Brabazon, in the north of the city of Bristol, which is expected to open in 2027.
It is part of the £4bn ($5.3bn) investment plan for YTL Corporation developments up to 2030s the UK.
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The 30,000ft² store, the first such supermarket in seven years, will create 150 new jobs.
The new supermarket will be situated on the A38 Gloucester Road, serving as the gateway to Brabazon and located 500m from a new train station expected to open in 2026.
The retailer will occupy the ground floor of a seven-storey office building designed by AHR architects and will have a multi-storey car park with 1,500 spaces.
Waitrose is expanding its presence across the UK. As well as the Brabazon store, new outlets include a convenience store in The Arches, Bristol, and franchise expansions with Welcome Break in Spaldwick, Cambridgeshire and Rotherham.
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By GlobalDataTwo more stores will open at Welcome Break service areas in Hickling, Leicestershire, and Newark, Nottinghamshire, in summer 2025.
Waitrose managing director James Bailey stated: “We are moving up a gear in store investment as we open in new locations and modernise our existing estate to bring the quality, service and value that customers love about Waitrose closer to more people.”
More than 20 Waitrose stores will be refurbished in 2025, nearly doubling the previous year’s number. These refurbs are part of a broader strategy to invest £1bn over three years in new stores and enhancements to 150 existing locations, affecting almost half of the retailer’s estate.
Built on the historic Filton Airfield, Brabazon is being developed by YTL Developments into a new urban district.
Bailey continued: “Brabazon is one of the most exciting new city districts in the UK, driving the growth of one of the UK’s most vibrant and successful regional economies. Partnering with YTL Developments at Brabazon underlines our ambition and the opportunity we believe we have to grow our reach.”
In March 2025, Waitrose introduced a £500,000 fund to help its network of British farmers reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions.
