Poundland is set to begin refurbishing 11 of the Wilko stores it bought as it looks to “turn each store into the best Poundland it can be”.
The discount retailer, which took on 71 former Wilko shop leases last year, said the work would “vary from store-to-store” and include fresh signage, new colleague areas and chiller cabinets for its food range.
The alterations will see the stores reconfigured to offer more baby and kids clothing and the introduction of chilled and frozen groceries to sit alongside the retailer’s homewares range.
The first ex-Wilko outlets to be refurbished include Leigh, Peterlee and Ammanford, with the work due to be completed by 27 January.
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This will be followed by makeovers at its Worcester, Leicester, Greenock, Stevenage, Chepstow, Thornaby, Hull, and Bicester stores, which will be completed by 5 February.
Poundland retail director Darren Kay said: “Customers have reacted positively to the re-opening of these former Wilko stores as Poundlands in 2023, but as we said at the time, each were only beginning their Poundland journeys.
“Through this new investment, we’ll give each of these stores a top-to-bottom makeover to make them the best Poundland stores they can be.
”I’d like to thank customers for bearing with us as we make changes in these stores and we can’t wait to re-launch them over the next few weeks.”
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