{
    "title": "Renovated Okay Assenede reopens on 21 May as a sustainable neighbourhood supermarket",
    "modified_at": "2025-05-20 09:00:26",
    "published_at": "2025-05-20 07:00:00",
    "url": "https://press.colruytgroup.com/translation-renovated-okay-assenede-reopens-on-21-may-as-a-sustainable-neighbourhood-supermarket",
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    "subtitle": "With a renewed bread section, refreshed freshmart and now also self-scan checkouts",
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    "body": "<p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>On Wednesday 21 May, Okay Assenede, located in Trieststraat, will reopen its doors after a thorough renovation. The neighbourhood supermarket, with a total retail surface of 582 m&sup2;, has been refurbished in the style of the newest generation of Okay stores, featuring a renewed bread section, a refreshed freshmart and a redesigned checkout area, where customers can now also pay quickly and easily at the self-scan checkouts. The renovation also strongly focused on minimising environmental impact. Store manager Charl&eacute;ne Hebberecht and her team are looking forward to welcoming their customers again.</strong></p><h4 id=\"focus-on-fresh-products-and-daily-fresh-bread\" >Focus on fresh products and daily fresh bread</h4><p>Thanks to the fresh and modern layout of Okay Assenede, customers can more easily find their way around the varied assortment of fresh products. <em>&ldquo;In the refreshed freshmart, it&rsquo;s easy to choose from our wide selection of fruit and vegetables, dairy, meat, charcuterie, fish and ready-made meals &ndash; fresh every day, just like you expect from Okay</em>,&rdquo; says store manager Charl&eacute;ne. <em>&ldquo;Just outside the freshmart, we&rsquo;ve also placed extra cooling cabinets, filled with an extensive assortment of meat, fish and veggie snacks for cosy apero moments with family or friends.&rdquo;</em></p><p>At Okay Assenede, store co-workers bake high-quality bread, pastries and buns several times a day. These are all neatly arranged in the renewed, and well-organised bread section. <em>&quot;Also in the frozen food department, customers find their favourite products in no time thanks to the energy-efficient chest-type freezers with glass lids. The checkout area has also been updated so that payment goes even more smoothly. Completely new are the 3 self-scan checkouts, where our customers can quickly and easily pay for their groceries,&rdquo; </em>Charl&eacute;ne explains.</p><p>All these novelties and improvements contribute to a more pleasant shopping experience and make shopping even more efficient. <em>&ldquo;And every day, a great team of 15 motivated co-workers is ready to help our customers.</em> <em>All of them local people, for whom customer friendliness, good service and helpfulness always come first.</em>&rdquo;</p><h4 id=\"minimal-environmental-impact\" >Minimal environmental impact</h4><p>Like the other Colruyt Group store formats, Okay is firmly committed to building sustainably and with a minimal ecological footprint. Okay Assenede uses no gas or fuel oil &ndash; the store runs entirely on green electricity. The store&rsquo;s environmentally friendly cooling system emits 90% less CO2 than traditional installations, and heat released by both the refrigeration and ventilation systems is recovered to heat the store. The exterior fa&ccedil;ade was refreshed with special paint that, under the influence of sunlight, transforms harmful substances in the air into nitrates and oxygen. When it rains, the nitrates dissolve.</p><h4 id=\"easily-accessible-by-car-and-bike\" >Easily accessible by car and bike</h4><p>Okay Assenede is conveniently located on Trieststraat, a smooth connecting road between Zelzate and Assenede&rsquo;s town centre: easily accessible for everyone. The spacious and easily accessible car park provides space for 51 cars, including 4 charging points for electric vehicles. Cargo bikes can also be safely secured in the bike shed.</p><hr /><h4 id=\"meer-informatie\" ><strong>Meer informatie</strong></h4><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Contact:<br>\u200b</strong><em>Colruyt Group press office<br>\u200bTel.: </em>+32 (0)473 92 45 10 of +32 (0)2 363 55 45<br>\u200b<em>E-mail: </em><a href=\"mailto:press@colruytgroup.com\">press@colruytgroup.com</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Praktische info:<br>\u200b</strong>Okay Assenede<br>\u200bTrieststraat 191 <br>\u200b9960 Assenede<br>\u200bTel.: 09 228 27 78<br>\u200b<a href=\"https://www.okay.be/nl/onze-winkels/okay-assenede\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.okay.be/assenede</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Opening hours Okay: <br>\u200b</strong>maandag t.e.m. zaterdag van 8 uur tot 19.30 uur</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>",
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