Woolworths Group had been opened, although in April the company also entered administration and closed. The Woolworths store in Dorchester, Dorset was reopened as an independent business named "Wellworths" by the store manager Claire Robertson. The store was officially opened by BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans on 11 March 2009. It was later renamed "Wellchester". Wellchester ceased trading in August 2012, after store manager Claire Robertson left to set up her own retail consultancy business. The Woolworths brand and domain was bought by Shop Direct Group, owned by Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay, on 2 February 2009. The company announced
Woolworths (New Zealand) Woolworths is a full-service supermarket; Big Fresh offered a themepark style shopping experience with model animals, dioramas and music; and Price Chopper was positioned in the discount sector. The Woolworths stores are broad-range supermarkets with an average size of . The Big Fresh stores were larger, with an average size of and offered the widest possible selection and excellent value. The Price Chopper stores were compact with an average size of and were limited-range discount stores located mainly in small towns. In 1995, Woolworths introduced a pilot online shopping site with a small group of users. This was early days