800 not out – Flintoff opens milestone store for Specsavers
Cricket legend-turned-broadcaster Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff has officially opened Specsavers’ 800th UK and Irish store in his home town of Preston.
The former Lancashire and England all-rounder visited the Sainsbury’s Superstore in Deepdale to cut the ribbon on Flintoff Way alongside Specsavers co-founder Dame Mary Perkins and store partners Chris Shore and Sean Buckley.
Dame Mary said: “When we opened our first Specsavers store in Bristol in 1984 it was impossible to imagine that we would one day be opening our 800th ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
