CONSTRUCTION services company ISG has completed the conversion of 67 Netto retail units into Asda Supermarket stores in a demanding programme that has seen the contractor simultaneously complete eight projects at any one time across a delivery period of just nine days.
The £16m fast-track store conversion programme was completed at the end of 2011 and involved half of the former Netto store network, which is spread across the South East, Midlands, North West, North East and Wales. Asda, which acquired the Netto stores for £778m in May last year, is using the smaller format stores, which average around 750m².

The conversion of each store involved the strip out of the building to the existing floor and ceiling and the installation of new refrigeration, shelving and checkouts. Each outlet received a new deli, with some stores also including a bakery. Externally, the distinctive yellow Netto signage was replaced with Asda's familiar green logo, with additional signage, changes to trolley bays, white lining of car parks and exterior refurbishment and improvement also forming part of the intensive nine-day programmes.

ISG worked closely with Asda and its delivery partners to maximise efficiencies and value engineer the project, which helped to reduce the cost of the store conversions by some £28m.