Store backs campaign for seating in shops

Anchor’s Oak Lodge in Portsmouth has welcomed the support for the campaign, which is calling for retailers to maintain the amount of seating available in-store so that older and disabled people or anyone who needs to can rest mid-shop.

Anchor launched the campaign after research found that 66 per cent of over-70s believe the lack of seating in shopping areas is a problem.

Lisa Parker, manager of Oak Lodge, said: ‘It is great that 600 Sainsbury’s branches across the country, including those local to us, will support the Standing Up 4 Sitting Down campaign.’

Shoppers visiting the following Sainsbury’s stores, which will be displaying the su4sd sticker, are encouraging older people to use the seating by the tills: Fitzherbert Road, Commercial Road, Hambledon Road and Broadcut, Fareham.