{"id":618839,"date":"2022-08-22T16:10:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T14:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=618839"},"modified":"2022-08-22T16:10:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T14:10:45","slug":"food-lovers-new-r100-million-flagship-store-in-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/618839\/food-lovers-new-r100-million-flagship-store-in-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Lover&#8217;s new R100 million flagship store in Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African retailer Food Lover&#8217;s Market is gearing up to launch a new R100 million flagship store in Bothasig, Cape Town, as part of a R400 million expansion drive.<\/p>\n<p>Construction on the 3,000 square metre store started in January 2022, with an official launch planned at the end of October.<\/p>\n<p>The prime location will boast a state-of-the-art Food Lover\u2019s Market, serving all the surrounding communities &#8211; including Bothasig, Monte Vista, Plattekloof, Panorama, Burgundy Estate, Richwood, and Edgemead.<\/p>\n<p>The construction of this flagship store is part of the retailers\u2019 plans to open 21 new stores across Southern Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The Bothasig development will deliver an &#8220;upmarket farm and family&#8221; feel and will offer an experiential shopping experience, Food Lover&#8217;s said. The store will have dedicated parking for approximately 200 cars, a landscaped garden and a recreational seating area.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-618849\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1152\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-01.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-01-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-618847\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-02.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-02-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-02-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-02-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-618845\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-03.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-03-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-03-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Food-Lovers-Bothasig-03-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Design features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wider aisles;<\/li>\n<li>Departments designed as dedicated destinations;<\/li>\n<li>Solar and energy-efficient lighting will be used throughout the store; and<\/li>\n<li>An expanded grocery section.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Departments within this new store will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fruit\u00a0 and vegetables;<\/li>\n<li>Gourmet butchery with artisanal blockmen;<\/li>\n<li>A bakery;<\/li>\n<li>A fresh seafood department;<\/li>\n<li>Cheese and deli counters;<\/li>\n<li>Wine department;<\/li>\n<li>Hot and prepared foods;<\/li>\n<li>A dried fruit and nut bar;<\/li>\n<li>A sushi bar;<\/li>\n<li>A biltong bar; and<\/li>\n<li>Seattle Coffee Co will be available at the entrance to the store.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The group recently launched a new flagship store in Waterfall, Gauteng, and announced that it will expand its solar investments and implement energy-saving technologies at its distribution centres and certain stores to alleviate its reliance on Eskom-supplied power.<\/p>\n<p>The new store in Bothasig will be the next store to have a solar system installed, it said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/485379\/a-look-at-food-lovers-new-flagship-store-in-johannesburg\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A look at Food Lover\u2019s new flagship store in Johannesburg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African retailer Food Lover&#8217;s Market is gearing up to launch a new R100 million flagship store in Bothasig, Cape Town, as part of a R400 million expansion drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":485395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[15927,26],"class_list":["post-618839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-food-lovers-market","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618839"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":618857,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618839\/revisions\/618857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}