Poundland has announced an opening date for its huge new Friars Walk store as well as details of what shoppers can expect when the new branch opens in just over a week's time. The discount store announced they would be occupying the recently-vacated unit nine at the end of last year.
The 7,241 sq ft store is in the former Mothercare and New Look stores and will employ 18 full- and part-time staff comprising 13 existing employees and five new recruits. Larger than the store it replaces in the Kingsway shopping centre, which closed earlier this month, it will have trolleys and supermarket-style checkouts familiar in grocery stores. There is already a Poundland in Newport Retail Park in Spytty while Poundland's small city centre store in Commercial Street will remain open until March.
Poundland director of retail, Darren Kay, said: "We've worked hard to create a store that shows off Poundland at its best and one that the people of Newport can be proud of. Our new Friars Walk store keeps us right in the heart of the city and will be a cracking example of the breadth of what we can offer in a really convenient location. Just like all our stores it will offer amazing value to customers looking to beat the economic squeeze."
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When does Poundland Friars Walk open?
The store at unit 7-9 Friars Walk shopping centre, Newport NP20 1EA, opens at 9am on Saturday, February 4.
What will Poundland Friars Walk sell?
Poundland Friars Walk will offer everyday essentials such as groceries, drinks, and snacks as well as revamped health and beauty, entertainment, stationery, and craft ranges. It will join the growing number of Poundland stores, now across half of its estate, to sell chilled and frozen food from desserts and ice-cream to ready meals and pies and from cooked meats to frozen vegetables. Poundland Friars Walk will also offer a section dedicated to Pep clothing and Pep home items.
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