11 May 2022
'Wooden Spoon, The Cookshop', has expanded with the opening of a new gift shop 'Wooden Spoon, The Gift Shop' located next door to the cookshop in the Derbion shopping centre, Derby.
The venture is the brainchild of Lee Smith, who now has three shops in the East Midlands, and stocks a wide range of cookware, housewares, giftware and licenced products.
On opening the new shop Lee said, "After 5 years in Derby and the ever-expanding range of giftware on offer, we acquired the shop next door and put a doorway in the wall between the two units. Our cookware has been moved into the new unit and our expanded range of homeware and licensed merch are in the old unit alongside our new giftware lines. It's been very exciting for us to delve into the world of gifting. Getting to know new suppliers both through Bira and via personal research has been a real eye-opener as to the huge range of products available out there. The sheer amount of new stock we've been able to source is crazy and really competitively priced. We have also been able to take on some new cookware suppliers as the new cookshop has more room for stock than we ever had before. Most notably Denby, who we've been eager to stock for a while now. We signed a long-term lease with Derbion shopping centre when we expanded the business and have high hopes that it's going to continue to be a very successful relationship. We have more plans for expansion but this is in its very early stages. So, watch out for further announcements towards the end of 2023."
Alan Kempson-Byrne, Commercial Manager for Bira Direct said, "Cookshops have had a tough time in a hard retail climate over the last two years, so it's fantastic to see Lee and the Wooden Spoon grow their business and succeed. We're pleased to have been able to help Lee connect with some of our Bira Direct suppliers and extend his range of products into much larger premises and wish him the best of luck with his new venture."
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