【读新闻学英语】Countdown超市要开“便利店了?”第一家12月就开业,就在奥克兰CBD!
2019年8月9日 14:55据了解,该超市计划在今年12月在市中心的PwC大厦的底层开设小型门店,并打算在今后逐步增加此类商店的数量。
Supermarket Countdown has secured a site at the Commercial Bay shopping and commercial precinct in downtown Auckland.
Countdown超市计划在位于奥克兰市中心海滨的Commercial Bay商业区内开设首家类似便利店似的小型超市。
precinct:选区;管理区;管辖区
The supermarket will open its first of a planned string of smaller-format stores at the bottom of the PwC tower in December. The store, which will focus on the needs of the city-centre customer, will have kombucha and cold brew coffee on tap, a barista for takeaway coffee and offer food-to-go options.
据了解,该超市计划在今年12月在市中心的PwC大厦的底层开设小型门店,并打算在今后逐步增加此类商店的数量。该店将专注于市中心顾客的需求,开设窗口为顾客提供康普茶(Kombucha)和冷泡咖啡。并且还会安排咖啡师满足顾客对咖啡和小吃的需要。
kombucha:康普茶
Brett Ashley, Countdown general manager of operations, said the Countdown Metro concept was designed with the Auckland CBD customer in mind.
Countdown运营总监Brett Ashley表示,公司是在考虑了奥克兰市中心顾客的需求后,打造了这家概念店。
concept:概念
Research conducted by the supermarket operator found that 70 per cent of the people surveyed in the CBD wanted to access fresh fruit and vegetables more easily in the city.
根据超市的一项调查发现,在CBD接受调查的人群中,有70%的顾客希望能够更加轻松地买到新鲜水果和蔬菜。
surveyed:调查,俯视(survey的过去式和过去分词形式);考察,调研
More than 70 per cent of people said they wanted more snack options and 65 per cent wanted hot lunch meals to takeaway.
超70%的受访者表示想要更多的零食选择;还有65%的人表示希望可以买到热腾腾的午餐。
"Customer needs and trends are constantly changing," Ashley said.
Ashley表示,“顾客的需求和趋势一直在不断变化。”
constantly:不断地;时常地
"In New Zealand we're used to a supermarket that you visit two or three times a week, but what we're building with this store is somewhere you can visit throughout the day and week for a range of needs."
“在新西兰,我们已经习惯了一周去光顾2-3次超市,而我们正在打造的这家新店则是一间方便顾客一天中随时来购买所需物品的店铺。”
throughout:自始至终;遍及
Metro Albert Street would be set out so the barista and breakfast and snack options would be closest to the door.
这家被命名为Countdown Metro的小型超市将会设有专门的咖啡师,并且还可以为顾客提供早餐和零食,购物体验也更加便捷。
Precinct Properties chief executive Scott Pritchard said Countdown Metro was "another exciting addition" to the development happening in Auckland's city centre."The new Metro store is going to be a great amenity for the 10,000 office workers within the Commercial Bay precinct," Pritchard said. "We've been looking for a fresh food and grocery offer to compliment the food and beverage at Commercial Bay and we're excited about what Metro will offer."
Precinct Properties的首席执行官Scott Pritchard表示,“这家超市对奥克兰市中心的发展来说是一种很好的补充。而对附近工作的1万名上班族来说,也会是一个非常舒适的场所。”
addition:添加;[数] 加法;增加物
amenity:舒适;礼仪;愉快;便利设施
Commercial Bay is running more than a year behind its original plans. The shops were due to open last November, then September this year, but H&M is so far the only retailer operating there. Countdown Metro will be the second store to trade on the site.
Commercial Bay的运营比原计划晚了一年多的时间。按原计划,不少入驻店铺都应在去年11月开业。但目前,H&M是目前唯一一家已经开业的店铺。目前来看,Countdown Metro超市将会成为当地第二家开业的店铺。
original:原来的;开始的;首创的,新颖的,创新的;原作的
The retail portion of the development is now scheduled to open in March.
最新的计划显示,Commercial Bay的零售店铺将于明年3月开业。
retail:零售
scheduled:预定的;已排程的
In May, Precinct Properties said its high profile Commercial Bay development being built by Fletcher Building would now take even longer and cost more.
今年5月,Precinct Properties公司认为,负责修建Commercial Bay区域的Fletcher Building或将需要花费更长的时间和更高的成本来完成这一工程。
The total cost for the redevelopment of the former downtown shopping centre at the bottom of Auckland's Queen Street will now be $690-to-$700 million, versus its February forecast of $690 million.
根据今年2月的预估,整个工程的造价约在6.9亿纽币左右,但目前看来,价格或将为6.9-7亿纽币左右。
versus:对,对抗;与……相对,与……相比
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