The opening date has been revealed for the new cafe at Sainsbury’s on the Isle of Wight – and it is now less than a week away!
Taste Cafe will welcome its first customers at the Newport supermarket on Tuesday, October 6, following extensive refurbishment of the former Sainsbury’s cafe.
It will open from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Saturday, and from 9.30am until 5pm on Sundays.
Ten people have been employed to work at the new cafe.
The confirmation follows the County Press's earlier report that the first-floor cafe space was being brought back into use, more than a year after Sainsbury’s closed its own operation.
In recent weeks, the area has undergone a significant transformation, with new flooring, furniture, counters, menu boards and Taste Cafe signage installed.
Taste Cafe is operated by One Retail, part of Compass Group UK and Ireland, as part of a collaboration with Sainsbury’s, which is bringing the concept to more than 30 of the supermarket's stores across the UK.
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The Foxes Road site is among the next wave of cafes being opened under the partnership.
Customers will be able to buy Costa Coffee, alongside a menu which includes traditional and vegetarian breakfasts, jacket potatoes and soups.
Menus already installed at the Newport cafe also show pizzas, burgers, fish and chips, curries, sandwiches and cakes among the food set to be available.
A dedicated children's menu, called Taste for Tots, includes dishes such as sausages and mash and poached eggs and soldiers.
Richard Murrell, Sainsbury’s head of food to go and partnerships, said the retailer knew many customers enjoyed having somewhere to stop for a drink, snack or sit-down lunch while shopping.
He said the Taste Cafe concept was designed to provide a "comfortable cafe experience" with a menu bespoke to Sainsbury’s, adding that working with third-party operators allowed the supermarket to focus on its core business.
The former Sainsbury’s cafe in Newport closed on April 11 last year, after the supermarket announced it was shutting its remaining 61 own-brand cafes across the UK.
The space was subsequently used for stock storage before work began this year to transform it into the new Taste Cafe.
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