The Services King Feature
The first week in September saw me venture to England’s Border County, Northumberland, and this gave me the chance to check out one of the latest Asda Express site refreshes.
Situated on the busy A19/A189 Moor Farm Roundabout, this forecourt was developed as part of a larger service area on the new Annitsford bypass. The forecourt opened in 1992 and was initially operated by Heron Service Stations, with the shop fascia Snax 24 and them referring to the site as Exhibition Service Station. By the early 2000s, the site had rebranded to JET fuels.
The forecourt was redeveloped in 2007 by Somerfield who added a large convenience store to the site. Co-op acquired Somerfield in March 2009, which saw the shop fascia flip to a Co-op Food store whilst the fuel brand transferred to Total. The site became one of the last Total branded sites in the country, lasting until in 2015, despite a nationwide shutdown of the brand in 2012. Following on from this, the canopy also rebranded to Co-op in 2016.
Asda Express acquired the site as part of their purchase of the Co-op filling stations in October 2023. Following this, Moor Farm (known to Asda as Annitsford) became one of the first to switch to the Asda Express brand and relaunched on 8 November 2023.
The reason for my return to the site on 10 September was to take a look at the most recent changes to the site. In August 2025, Asda Express added a new Greggs concession to the store as well as replacing the former Costa Express offer with We Proudly Serve Starbucks and adding a new jet wash at the back of the shop building. Annitsford was one of the first three fomer Co-op locations in the UK to gain a Greggs concession, with Asda Express expected to introduce more of these towards the end of 2025.
Whilst visiting the site, I caught up with store manager Adam Mulvey who informed me that the Greggs addition has been super popular since its launch and continues to draw more local trade to the site as well as continuing to serve the travelling public.
The investment and improvements made at Asda Express Annitsford are great to see and I wish the teams there every success in their new store.
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Asda Express Moor Farm (Annitsford)
Location – A19/A189 Moor Farm Roundabout, Annitsford, Cramlington NE23 7QA
Opening Hours – 24 hours, 7 days a week
Shop Brand & Facilities – Asda Express store, Greggs concession, We Proudly Serve Starbucks machines, New Jet Wash, Free Cash Machine
Number of pumps & fuel grades –6 pump islands each featuring unleaded and diesel, with premium unleaded and premium diesel on select pumps