Hundreds Attend Opening of Gwersyllt’s New Home Bargains

The much anticipated opening of a new Home Bargains store in Gwersyllt attracted large crowds over the weekend – with hundreds visiting throughout the morning.

Saturday 23rd April saw formal opening of the new Home Bargains store on Dodds Lane, Gwersyllt – with huge crowds gathering throughout the day to visit the premises.

Throughout the morning there were celebrations taking place at the store, with a giant Minion cutting the big red ribbon to formally open the store.

Home Bargains has taken over the occupancy of the former Tesco store, which closed last year during a company reorganisation. Since then the 17,600sq ft store has remained vacant.

Work on the new Home Bargains has been ongoing for a number of months – with the company investing almost £500,000 in the store, along with creating over 50 jobs.

The company, which is one of the UK’s largest family-run retailers, has invested almost £500,000 into the new Gwersyllt store – with up to 50 new jobs being created.

Locally the opening of the new Home Bargains store had been much anticipated in the area – with large crowds gathering throughout the day to visit the store and grab a bargain.

One shopper told us that the car park was ‘packed’, with cars seen driving around the car park trying to find a space.

Another told us that car were parking on grass banks and that queues to get into the car park were backed up from Dodds Lane towards Lidl on the Old Mold Road.

Speaking about the opening of the new Home Bargains, Joe Morris, operations director at Home Bargains, said: “The store opening was a great success and we’d like to thank Wrexham residents for their warm welcome.

“We’re thrilled by the response we’ve already seen from shoppers in Wrexham and are looking forward to seeing even more new customers come through the doors. We’d also like to thank all staff members for ensuring the launch day ran as smoothly as possible.”