Yesterday afternoon, local newspapers reported that Dobbies had bought Johnsons of Boston Garden Centre.

Read the full report on Lincolnshire Live here

In the Johnsons of Boston newsletter last week, it said "Our managing director and Johnsons owner David Isaac is retiring after nearly 23 years of building Johnsons into the business it is today. He will be handing over the reins to new owners. In David’s words ‘The company is set for an exciting phase in its evolution.’"

The garden centre has has a food store for many years, providing a key local service to the area around the garden centre which is on the East of Boston on the A52 in Lincolnshire.  GTN Xtra understands the current NISA offering will be replaced by Sainsburys after Dobbies formally take over the site on Monday 19th April.

In preparation for that switch over they are currently offering customers a chance to pick up a bargain this week.  "As we make space for new lines & get ready for a refit a general spruce up & Spring clean, we are offering customers a chance to pick up a bargain this week!" it says on the garden centre facebook page.

"Many lines are heavily reduced in Fine Foods including general groceries & beers wine and spirits. Take this opportunity to stock up and bag a bargain!  We can’t wait to tell you more! We will be making an announcement very soon watch this space for more exciting news!  Milk, bread etc available as usual and Hambletons butcher and Deli are trading as normal."

Johnsons of Boston was established as a garden centre in 1971. Prior to that it was been a specialist rose growing nursery.  In 1998, the Johnson family decided to sell up, and the garden centre was bought by David Isaac and his family.

Along with the Fine Food Hall, it has a popular Restaurant and Coffee Shop plus franchises including Studio 10 Hair Salon, Boston’s premier Aquatic and Pet store, Tufts & Tangles Dog Groomers,  Spilsby Jewellers, and Seacroft Mobility.