The site in Montrose that was to have become a Sainsbury's supermarket.
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has finally axed plans for a £10 million Angus store.
Almost four years after getting the go-ahead for a site on Brechin Road in Montrose, the company has confirmed to The Courier that it will not be opening there.
The firm blamed changing shopping patterns for the decision.
Construction had been scheduled to start in early 2012 after Sainsbury’s won its fight for planning permission but doubts over what would have been the company’s first Angus store intensified when the supermarket chain also pulled out of building a Perth outlet last year.
Councillor David May said: “I am disappointed, but not really surprised. It does not look good for the future of that site.”
