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Second African food shop opens in Greenock High Street

8/21/2026

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Christianah Omilana opened Anik African Store on Greenock’s High Street, offering Nigerian foods.
A second African food shop opened metres away, expanding the town’s multicultural retail scene.
Greenock council created a plan to attract immigrants to counter the town’s declining population.
Omilana, who arrived in the UK in 2021, said Scots are lovely and immigrants need work.

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Story summary

Christianah Omilana opened Anik African Store on Greenock’s High Street, offering Nigerian foods.
A second African food shop opened metres away, expanding the town’s multicultural retail scene.
Greenock council created a plan to attract immigrants to counter the town’s declining population.
Omilana, who arrived in the UK in 2021, said Scots are lovely and immigrants need work.