New sandwich shop and deli to offer healthy options to Barnsley match day fans

A new sandwich shop and deli is hoping to offer healthier options to match day fans, if planning permission is granted,

The site, on the corner of Windermere Road and Belgrave Road hopes to offer a range of “good quality produce” to provide “a different option not currently available.”

According to application documents, the location has “played a major role in the decision to open up a healthy food establishment”, and the applicants say “young academy players and fitness enthusiasts pass by regularly due to close proximity to sports facilities including The Metrodome and Barnsley Football Club.”

The internal counter will house a chiller cabinet hosting local suppliers and produce liking to a delicatessen shop, with a seasonal menu offering local produce such as Silkstone potatoes, Yorkshire chorizo, tapas platters, and seafood sauced from Barnsley Markets suppliers.

Planning documents add: ” We will aim [to] utilise foods that are irregular and “not good enough for supermarket shelves” and would typically go to waste.

“Similar to vegetables as described, we are going to target underusedcuts of meats and varieties of fish as way of conscious and subconsciously educating our customers on other more sustainable options.”

The applicants propose a daytime menu of sandwiches, soups, salad boxes and specials, amd an evening choice of roast dinners.

Documents add that an “event day menu” will offer “better food available in smaller portions to be eaten more promptly, before they get to the ground,” such as mash and stew, soup and finger foods.

Healthier foods such as salad boxes will be comparatively cheaper.

“We have the opportunity [to] increase access to healthier options that enable and support healthy lifestyles by providing low calorific good food,” adds the document.

“The unit in question has been a long term unused and deteriorating space, and being so highly prominent undoubtedly bought down the whole area.

“The proposal will solve this by creating a new shop frontage by showing homage to the original shop front.”

Residents can comment on the plans until October 12.