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Daily Record
11-08-2025
- Business
- Daily Record
Ayrshire's first oriental food store draws in customers on opening day
Customers have been impressed after the opening of Ayrshire's first oriental food store in Kilmarnock this morning, Monday, August 11 Ayrshire 's first oriental food store has opened to the customers this morning, Monday, August 11. Matthew's Foods, one of the Scotland's top oriental retailers, opened the doors to their newest premises in Kilmarnock and customers have been quick to get their hands on the products available. Occupying the the former Bright House shop on Portland Street at Kilmarnock Cross, the new outlet brings a vacant unit in Kilmarnock town centre back into use. More recently, the store operated as a furniture shop called Elegance. Bosses at Matthew's Foods said they were thrilled top be opening in Ayrshire and promised to offer the best Asian groceries from authentic spices to snacks, sauces, noodles, frozen foods. Previously, they had hoped to open next week but work to prepare the store was completed ahead of schedule allowing the firm to open a week early. Kilmarnock becomes Matthew's Foods' seventh outlet behind Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness and Kirkcaldy. The store has proven to be an instant hit with Ayrshire customers. One shopper said: 'The shop was absolutely mobbed considering it had just opened. It's great to see something different in the town centre and hopefully it thrives. 'It had everything you could imagine and more - unusual snacks including cucumber crisps, a whole aisle of packet noodles and a great selection of fresh and frozen produce.' Posting on Facebook ahead of the opening, Matthew's Foods said: "The countdown is on for the grand opening of our new Kilmarnock store. "Shelves are fully stocked ready to welcome all on Monday, August 11. "Doors open at 10am and don't forget there will be a free gift with your purchase. "Please share this post with your family and friends and come visit us." Founded more than 30 years ago, Matthew's Foods trades in both retail and wholesale goods, providing many restaurants and takeaways with supplies.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Sen. Jon Ossoff responds to recent Trump cuts
SAVANNAH, Ga (WSAV) — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and youth advocates have sounded the alarm after the Trump Administration cut federal funding they said was 'critical support foster children in Georgia' on Thursday. WSAV joined Ossoff during an afternoon meeting. 'I believe that this is urgent,' he said. 'I believe that we face an imminent deepening of the foster care crisis in Georgia as a result of the Trump Administration's inexplicable decision to gut critical support services for the most vulnerable kids in our state' In 2024, Ossoff released a 64-page report detailing his 13-month investigation into Georgia's foster care system, uncovering neglect and abuse. He said federal cuts could make the crisis even worse. 'Senior personnel suggested locking up foster children in detention centers because of a lack of adequate foster care placements,' he said. 'We already face in Georgia a deep crisis and deep long-term mismanagement that has left Georgia's foster children desperately vulnerable to harm, abuse and exploitation.' Kate Blair, executive director of CASA also known as Brightside Child and Family Advocacy is feeling the impacts. With over 200 volunteers, they serve more than 300 children. The non-profit relies heavily, nearly 80 percent on federal funding. 'Never would I have expected that I'd wake up and 24 hours later, $110,000 was cut from our budget,' Blair said. 'This decision has created a 90,000 deficit in my budget and has forced us to eliminate a key staff position and shut down a pilot program both of which directly supported children in foster care, ensuring that they have that safe, consistent adult.' She continued, 'it has forced us to redirect unrestricted funds that were being used to expand our Bright House program, which provides supervised visitation, and our Brighter Futures program, which supports youth aging out of foster care, which is so incredibly important because the outcomes for youth that age out of foster care are so poor in our community.' Ossoff told WSAV that he will rally members of both parties in congress to oppose what he calls the gutting of support for vulnerable foster children. 'Here we have volunteers who want to be there for those kids, look out for those kids, provide support for those kids, advocate for those kids in court, and that is what we're destroying,' he said. 'It is inexplicable. It is indefensible.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
