DROITWICH’S new Poundland store is set to open on Saturday, October 28, in the town’s former Wilko building in Victoria Square.
It is part of a massive plan by the firm to open 75 new shops across the country in three months.
The store will offer grocery, household and general items, along with Pepco family clothing.
Poundland has also prioritised its jobs for people made redundant when the Droitwich Wilko closed on September 19.
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To date, offers of employment have been made by Poundland to 500 former Wilko workers across the country.
Austin Cooke, Poundland’s managing director, said: “To open 75 stores in the space of a single quarter is nothing short of a super-human effort from every member of the Poundland team.
“To each and every one of them I say ‘thank you’.
“But we’re working at this pace because we’re on a mission – ambitious to grow, create jobs and serve new places by opening shops customers and communities can be proud of.”
