A major frozen food retailer is to move in to a vacant shop on a prime town centre site in Forfar.
A spokeswoman for Iceland confirmed the company has taken on the former Haldanes store at the corner of Castle Street and Myre Road.
A councillor said Forfar was now experiencing the ups of a “roller coaster” in retailing.
The Iceland spokeswoman could not give an opening date or comment on how many jobs would be created.
News the shop is once again to be open for business was welcomed yesterday and brings back into commission a site that has been vacant for months.
Haldanes closed down in June after the company got into financial difficulties and sought administration.
Around 20 people lost their jobs when the store closed its doors, victims of a legal wrangle involving the store group.
Haldanes took over 26 former Somerfield stores from the Co-op last year after the supermarket chain was forced to sell the stores by the Office of Fair Trading.
The two chains filed legal proceedings against each other in May, with Haldanes alleging material breaches by the Co-op, and the Co-op starting proceedings to recover possession of a number of the 26 stores over unpaid rent.
Haldanes, which had 13 stores in Scotland, including in Arbroath, Forfar and Crieff, wrote to store managers in June to inform them shops would cease to trade after close of business on June 14.
Colin Brown, who represents Forfar on Angus Council said: “It just seems to have been a roller coaster for retailing in Forfar.
“In the last couple of weeks we have had the highs of Goodfellow and Steven and Subway coming to Forfar and now we have Iceland. It is great that empty shops are being filled.
“These shops are not going to encroach too much on what we already have and I think Forfar can sustain these new shops as well as the established businesses.”
He said it was great to see Forfar on the up after previous losses of Focus and Woolworths and the loss of retail jobs there.