New operators sought for 'struggling' Shrewsbury Sunday market amid 'explosion' in online shopping
New operators are being sought to run a "struggling" Sunday market amid the "explosion" in online shopping.
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Shrewsbury Sunday Market was run by Tony Bromierski and his wife Sandra, but they retired at the end of August.
Now Shrewsbury Town Council is to try and find a new operator for the regular event in the car park next to Tesco Extra in Battlefield via a formal tender process.
The authority looked into running the market itself, but came to the conclusion it would be too costly.
No viable alternative to Tony and Sandra have come forward via a "soft expressions of interest" process, so now the council will look to secure its future through a formal exercise.
A report prepared by deputy town clerk Amanda Spencer and head of resources Andy Watkin said: "The popularity of the market has been deteriorating for some time and in particular following Covid.
"The market has struggled in recent years since the move from the livestock market to the park and ride site due to the increase in retail offerings in the area from The Range, Go outdoors and Tesco supermarket, coupled with explosion of online and Amazon.
