DaveWhitfield published New £500,000 Co-op is opening in grounds of pub

A Co-op food store will open this week in an unusual location - the grounds of a pub.The company has spent £500,000 developing the new site at the Reindeer Inn in Mansfield.Retail and leisure property company NewRiver, which owns the pub and the surrounding surplus land, is investing a further £240,000 at the same time to transform the pub itself.David Shipton, asset development director for NewRiver's pub division, said: "Our investment in The Reindeer is a significant one, and...