A food store is gearing itself up for a massive influx of customers as thousands of music fans descend on Castle Donington this week to attend the annual Download Festival. The Central England Co-op in Station Road is providing everything from cheap breakfasts to toilet facilities.
Store manager Matt Simpson said staff have missed people not coming and going from the Donington Park festival site for the past two years after the pandemic wiped out the usual event, which attracts at least 85,000 fans.
He said: "We’re so proud to be part of a great community in Castle Donington and it’s been a real shame not to have that same buzz we would usually get when the festival is on, and people are coming and going from the site over the last two years.
