Nick Canning, marketing director at Iceland, said: "We are confident we can help support the local community in towns that have lost a major high-street retailer in Woolworths.
"We look forward to developing our business in 2009."
2,500 new jobs at Iceland in former Woolworths-owned stores
Iceland will create 2,500 jobs across the UK after acquiring 51 stores previously owned by Woolworths.
