Cost of living crisis: Poundland to open new store at Sheffield's Meadowhall Retail Park

Poundland is to open a new store at Meadowhall Retail Park as the cost of living crisis deepens

The new store is due to open its doors to its first customers at 9am on Saturday, August 27.

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At around 10,500 square feet, the store will employ 20 full and part-time workers.

Poundland opens new store at Sheffield Meadowhall Retail Park this week

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It will offer womenswear, menswear and kidswear and a homes department offering items including cushions, throws, ornaments, plants and storage solutions.

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And it will join the growing number of Poundland stores, set to pass 350 this year, to sell chilled and frozen food.

Poundland opened a store at Heeley Retail Park, Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, in March.

The firm said the opening of the two new stores – both of them significantly larger than a typical Poundland store – marks a vote of confidence in Sheffield.

Poundland director of retail, Darren Kay, said: “We’ve already got a strong presence in Sheffield and we’re delighted to be adding to it with our new Meadowhall Retail Park store.

“It complements our new Sheffield Heeley store and our other locations around the city. The new store has been designed to show off Poundland at its best and like all our stores it will offer amazing value to help our customers as their household budgets feel the squeeze.”

Poundland also has stores on Angel Street, the Moor and Castle Square in Sheffield city centre as well as others at Hillsborough Barracks shopping centre, Manor Top and Meadowhall.