CTS has decades of experience in planning and creating perfect food retail and supermarket fit-outs – ensuring the best conditions for produce, customers, and workers.
We have led many large new build and complete food retail fit-outs from planning to completion for the likes of Waitrose and Sainsbury’s, as well as dozens of smaller local developments for national food stores including Co-op.
Our team can oversee every aspect of the project, from quick-turnaround refurbishments to large scale new developments, and have a track-record of developing comfortable, inviting and visually appealing stores, designed to aid customer experience and maximise sales.
We understand the importance of maintaining trading operations throughout works, which is why we specialise in phased programmes and 24-hour working schedules. Our experienced teams are skilled at working around live environments maintaining stores open and disruption to an absolute minimum. Whether it be in the evenings or early mornings, we adapt our approach to fit-outs around your opening hours, ensuring business continuity while delivering high-quality results.
You’ll be involved in regular briefings, at every stage of development, allowing you to see just how smoothly we are running your project.
Our highly-experienced team can act as principal contactors and project manage from start to finish, ensuring every aspect is meticulously considered, planned and overseen.
We appoint dedicated project and site managers, and managing all sub-contractors, ensuring you have a single point of contact, using our own in-house design and fit-out teams, including all required trades.
Using our own dedicated ‘Touchpoint’ project management system, we can efficiently plan and coordinate all activities at each stage of a project, enabling smooth running at all times, managing risk and avoiding potential delays or issues.
We’ll lead on;
Our team understands that upgrades and refurbishments to food retail outlets and supermarkets must be planned and completed without impacting on daily business activities, and we are highly-experienced in planning works to ensure minimum disruption.
We maintaining the highest standards of health and safety for workers and customers at all times, and ensure maximum operating hours throughout the period of refurbishment projects.
We have carried out many extensive refurbishments and upgrades, completed in less than three weeks.
Retail Refurbishments and upgrades we regularly complete include;
Our Traditional Approach
Established in 1998, we are a business with family at the heart, built around traditional values of complete customer service and satisfaction.
Partnership Working
We pride ourselves on partnership working and ensuring complete collaboration with our clients to exceed their expectations.
In-House Expertise
We have our own in-house team of project managers, site supervisors, designers and fit-out teams, including all required trades.
We Lead the Way
By turning to CTS you are choosing one of the UK’s most successful construction and shopfitting companies – and as a principal contractor, we lead on every aspect of your project.
Industry Recognition
We are accredited by Achilles ‘Building Confidence’ and recognised by leading industry bodies for our standards in work, procurement, Health and Safety, and principal contractor competence.
Our Clients
We are chosen by household names to plan, design and build their stores, including Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Co-op, WH Smith and Specsavers, as well as working in NHS Hospitals and railway stations.
Our Google Reviews
"I had a great experience working with the team at CTS. The first meeting established trust and a clear understanding of our needs as a client, the tender process was transparent and detailed, and the project and site management throughout the fit-out delivered everything I look for in a general contractor. Communication was clear, responsive, and frequent, and the planning and quality of work were of a very high standard for their first project with us. I highly recommend their services."
Pandora Project Manager - Pandora
"I’ve always had a great experience working with CTS on our shopfitting projects. Their expertise in both retail and construction are exceptional, and they approach every job with a high level of professionalism. The team is always approachable, communicates clearly, and is quick to address any challenges that arise. I highly recommend CTS for anyone in need of reliable and efficient shopfitting services."
Construction Project Manager – Co-op Property
"Not only was project completion exceptional, but to have a completed store, snag free, final account signed, brilliant work in the local community and great safety scores is truly first class."
Development Programme Manager - Waitrose
"Having weekly progress meetings on site greatly helped us ensure that quality was one of our key focuses to achieve snag free target we were aiming for on launch day."
Retail Project Manager Construction – Co-op Food
"Great work from the CTS team!!! Thanks again for delivering a great looking store. Our customers love it."
Construction Programme Manager - John Lewis
