Sector
Retail, food and drive-thru
Supermarkets, high-street shops, shopping centre units and restaurants all depend on frontages and entrances that open on time, stay secure and keep trading disruption to a minimum.
In short
HB Aluminium fabricates and installs aluminium shopfronts, store entrances and drive-thru booths and windows, and coordinates automatic doors supplied and fitted by Record Auto Doors for retail and food clients. Work is made in our Leeds factory and fitted by our own teams, and we have worked with McDonald's for over 35 years on drive-thru and new-site work across the country.
What we do for retail and food clients
Our portfolio includes shopfront works at Asda, entrance works at Heron Foods, shopfront entrances for Costa Coffee and Subway, and jewellery shopfronts for Browns produced on a quick turnaround. For McDonald's we supply drive-thru booths and service windows on new sites across the country.
- New and replacement aluminium shopfronts
- Store entrances and automatic doors
- Drive-thru booths and service windows
- Repairs and maintenance on trading premises
Working around trading hours
Retail and restaurant work is usually planned around the premises staying open or reopening quickly. Fabricating in Leeds before we go to site helps keep the time between removing an old frontage and securing the new one short.
Areas within retail, food and drive-thru
Supermarkets and food stores
Supermarket entrances take more traffic than almost any other door. They need to stay secure out of hours, open reliably all day and be put right quickly when something fails.
Find out moreShopping centres and retail units
Shopping centre units come with landlord design guides, restricted delivery times and tight fit-out programmes. The frontage often has to be in before the rest of the fit-out can be secured.
Find out moreHigh-street shops and jewellers
A shopfront is the first thing a customer sees. For jewellers and other high-value retailers it also has to be secure.
Find out moreDrive-thru and quick-service restaurants
A drive-thru window is used hundreds of times a day. When it stops working, so does part of the restaurant.
Find out morePetrol stations and forecourt shops
Forecourt shops are small, busy and often open 24 hours. The entrance has to work every time and stay secure overnight.
Find out moreExamples from our portfolio
Full portfolio
McDonald's new sites, CountrywideRecent
Drive-thru booths and service windows on new McDonald's restaurant sites across the country. Pictured: the drive-thru window at McDonald's Knowsley.
Browns, Sheffield and Harrogate
One of two shopfronts fabricated for Browns, in Sheffield and Harrogate, on a quick turnaround.
Costa Coffee and Subway, Crown Point, Leeds
Shopfront entrances for Costa Coffee and Subway units at Crown Point, Leeds.
Hollister, LeedsRecent
Recent work by HB Aluminium.
Merseyway Innovation Centre, StockportRecent
Curtain walling, windows and doors at the Merseyway Innovation Centre, Stockport.
Pizza Hut
Shop fabrication for Pizza Hut.
Questions and answers
Can shopfront work be done while a store keeps trading?
Often, yes, with planning. The sequence depends on the frontage, access and security needs, so we agree it with the client or main contractor before work starts.
Do you work on drive-thru windows outside Yorkshire?
Yes. Our McDonald's work covers new sites across the country, and drive-thru maintenance enquiries are welcome from anywhere in the UK.
Can you repair an existing shopfront rather than replace it?
Where the frame is sound, repair or refurbishment can be the better option. Send photographs and a description and we can advise on the likely route.
Talk to us about your project
Send the location, scope and programme, with drawings if you have them. We offer a free computer-aided estimating service.