As stores and supermarkets engage more fully in the convergence of food, fashion and comparison goods, cost-effective solutions that ensure maximum competitive differentiation become more complex.

Development within the food retail sector poses many challenges. Davis Langdon’s food retail sector specialists work on a variety of new build and fit-out projects.

Our portfolio includes high-value individual shop units, new build supermarkets, roll-out programmes, developer’s shell fit-outs, extensions, refurbishments, acquisition store conversions and petrol filling stations. Using essential data gleaned from our many projects, we benchmark designs and costs, allowing us to test viability and assess cost and quality against value. Works are frequently carried out in occupied premises during trading hours, necessitating careful attention to customer perceptions, access, security, and health & safety.

We endeavour to share our clients’ drivers and aspirations, and we have sustained many longstanding trusted partnerships over the years, collaborating on a huge number of food retail commissions. This has provided a stable and secure environment, serving to reduce the risk and maximise the value of the overall programme of projects. At Davis Langdon, we approach our work with creativity, discipline and innovation, adding value to every food retail project.