Ed Sheridan, LDRS
The Mall in Upper Street
- Credit: Andre Langlois
The opening of a new Amazon Fresh store in Upper Street has hit a bump in the road, after councillors accused the company of seeking a licence to sell alcohol “in a rather underhanded manner.”
Amazon, which is launching a number of such stores across the country operating with till-less Just Walk Out Technology in which visitors pay for their goods through an app, had initially applied for the alcohol licence through a company named British Overseas Bank Nominees Ltd M & G Property.
This proved a problem for councillors, with Cllr Martin Klute initially writing in to criticise the application as “curiously opaque,” and the Town Hall’s licensing committee subsequently deferring the application. It was deferred on the basis that the police and environmental health would not have had full sight of the type of store the company was intending to open ahead of the deadline for submitting any concerns they
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The Mall in Upper Street
- Credit: Andre Langlois
The owner of Upper Street s The Mall has applied for a licence to sell alcohol at a new grocery and home goods store.
The identity of the supermarket that plans to operate from the Grade II listed flagship building in Islington s famous Camden Passage antiques quarter has yet to be announced.
Proposed licence holders WGTC Nominees Ltd and British Overseas Bank Nominees Ltd want permission from Islington Council to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises from 8am to 11pm every day of the week.
The premises previously housed an antiques market, with small shops running both sides of a long corridor.