Retail spotlight: Patchworks - the first Asda Wal-Mart Super

Fixtures & Fittings - The 93,000 sq ft store has 60 tills and 800 members of staff - Expansion and refurbishment at the Asda hypermarket began in January at a cost of £15m. - A further two Supercentres will open in 2000 with 10 planned over the next five years - The ratio of food to non food is 50:50, with a view to moving to a 60:40 ratio in favour of non food - Patchway stocks a wide range of produce from local suppliers, including a south west cider maker, baker and cheesemaker - Trained staff are at hand in the wine, baby, photo-processing and electronics departments to provide specialist advice {{FEATURES }}