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Cheltenham’s former Whole Foods Market site could soon become the latest branch of The Food Warehouse.

Earlier this year we discovered that Iceland’s relatively new concept, which sees it offer bulk buying options in its food warehouses, would be coming to Cheltenham.

And now we know that the frozen food megastore, which is already in Gloucester, wants to open a branch at the vacant former Whole Foods Market building on the Gallagher Retail Park site.

A spokesman for Iceland said: “I can confirm that we are planning to open one of our larger The Food Warehouse stores in Cheltenham on the site and that the opening is planned for November this year.

“Each The Food Warehouse store opening typically creates approximately 30 new jobs.”

The company has advertised for a store manager, saying that the successful applicant will oversee “a particularly exciting store launch”.

It has also applied to Cheltenham Borough Council for permission to make changes at the Whole Foods site, including installing an air conditioning and refrigeration plant.

The Food Warehouse, sells a range of groceries, wines and spirits, household goods and special 'get it while you can' homeware deals.

It was first launched in 2014, now has more than 60 branches across the UK and plans to open another 30 stores over the next year.

There is already one in Gloucestershire, with the supermarket having opened in the Peel Centre in Gloucester in September 2017.