Poundland has revealed plans to open at least 50 new stores in the next nine months creating between 750 to 800 new retail roles.
The new openings will allow the discount retailer to grow into new categories including chilled and frozen food, offering customers an alternative to bigger and traditional supermarkets.
“Its planned openings and relocations will continue to bring Poundland to a wide range of locations in UK high streets, shopping centres and retail parks,” the retailer said in a statement.
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Locations for these new stores will include a plan for Britains largest Poundland store in London, situated on Glasgow’s Crown Street, which is set to open in March.
This 18,380 square foot store, joining recently-opened supersized stores in Nottingham, Teesside, Denton and Peterborough.
Poundland also added over the next nine months, it will continue to take opportunities to relocate from smaller and outdated locations as leases expire.
Other openings planned for March 2023 include stores in Aldershot and Castle Bromwich. Alongside, a new Poundland Local convenience store for East Dulwich.
In total, there are eight confirmed openings planned for January to March, with another six in the final stage of lease negotiations.
Poundland managing director Barry Williams said “We know how customers appreciate the effort we’ve made in the last few years to transform our offer, offering them more of what they want to buy, week-in, week-out.
“That transformation means we have to step up our search for the best locations to bring the best of Poundland to customers across the UK and that’s precisely what we’ll do in 2023.
“We will continue to work hard to find the right locations that suit the range of Poundland formats we now offer – from small neighbourhood convenience stores to our large destination stores.”
Poundland also revealed a further 26 stores are being planned for April to June and 13 more are pencilled in for the second half of the year.
