SHOPPERS are gutted to learn that two more Poundland shops will close as the retailer shakes up its store estate.
A store in Tenby, Wales, will close on October 18 while an outlet in Livingston, Scotland, will shut on October 12.
The Tenby store is in a former Grade II Royal Playhouse Cinema building, which had its last screening in 2011.
Meanwhile, shoppers in Livingston worry that another store loss will make their high street even more barren.
One Facebook user wrote: “The centre is looking pretty bare these days everything is closing down.”
Another disappointed customer wrote: “The centre gets worse… soon there will be no point in it even being there.”
The Livingston store has put up window signs about an “everything must go” sale.
It comes as the retail giant is currently going through a restructure involving 57 store closures.
Initially, 68 closures were announced but eleven have been paused.
Separately, the retailer is also reducing its store estate by roughly 150 additional sites, from 800 to 650.
The huge restructuring plan aims to save the discount chain, founded in 1990 in Burton upon Trent.
The plan was approved by the High Court last month and saved the struggling retailer from collapse just days before it was set to run out of money.
Two warehouses are also set to close and the chain will end its frozen food and online shopping operations.
However, the retailer hopes to limit store closures as much as possible.
Under the restructuring process, Poundland has proposed paying lower rent at up to 180 stores.
So the number of closures will depend on how many landlords agree to the reduced rent offer, it is understood.
A Poundland spokesperson did however confirm that rumours of the closure of the store in Bloxwich, West Midlands, are false.
What’s happened to Poundland?
The high street giant, which employs 14,700 staff, has struggled for cash in recent years.
The new owner, Gordon Brothers, who bought the chain for £1 in June, revealed a £90million to rescue package for the business.
On September 16, the chain announced that 11 stores originally earmarked for closure will now remain open.
Among those were stores in Irvine’s Rivergate Centre, Brighton (London Road), Anniesland (Great Western Road) and Whitby.
More changes at Poundland
Shoppers can no longer buy products from the Poundland website and its loyalty scheme, Poundland Perks, has been dropped.
Loyalty scheme customers signed up to the Poundland Perks app have until January 15, 2026, to use their reward vouchers.
The chain will also close its frozen and digital distribution centre in Darton, South Yorkshire, later this year.
And the Bilston national distribution centre will close in early 2026.
It has also launched huge clearance sales in some branches, offering deals of up to 90% off.
The news comes as Poundland is going back to basics, with plans to increase the number of products sold in store for £1.
As part of the shake up, the discounter will roll out £1, £2 and £3 grocery pricing across all stores.
The retailer hopes the changes will draw in customers by staying true to its promise of great value.
The new pricing will be rolled out to all Poundland UK stores over phases this month.
Eventually the number of grocery items sold for £1 will increase to 60%.
A further 20% of the goods will be sold for £2 and another 20% will be sold for £3.
Which Poundland stores are closing?
Here are all of the Poundland stores that are set to shut this year and their closure dates:
- Ammanford – August 10
- Birmingham – Fort August 10
- Cardiff Valegate – August 10
- Cramlington – August 10
- Leicester Charles Street – August 10
- Long Eaton – August 10
- Port Glasgow – August 10
- Seaham – August 10
- Shrewsbury – August 10
- Tunbridge Wells – August 10
- Bedford – August 17
- Bidston Moss – August 17
- Broxburn – August 17
- Craigavon – August 17
- Dartmouth – August 17
- East Dulwich – August 17
- Falmouth – August 17
- Hull St Andrews – August 17
- Newtownabbey – August 17
- Perth – August 17
- Poole – August 17
- Sunderland – August 17
- Stafford – August 17
- Thornaby – August 17
- Worcester – August 17
- Beaumont Leys (lease expiry and not part of restructure) – August 23
- Brigg – August 24
- Canterbury – August 24
- Coventry – August 24
- Newcastle – August 24
- Kings Heath – August 24
- Peterborough, Orton Gate – August 24
- Peterlee – August 24
- Rainham – August 24
- Salford – August 24
- Sheldon – August 24
- Wells – August 24
- Whitechapel – August 24
- Blackburn – August 31
- Cookstown – August 31
- Erdington – August 31
- Kimberley Shopping Centre, Nottingham – August 31
- Horsham – August 31
- Hull Holderness – August 31
- Kettering – August 31
- Omagh – August 31
- Shepherds Bush – August 31
- Southport – August 31
- Taunton – August 31
- Trevenson Road, Cornwall (lease expiry and not part of restructure) – September
- Portsmouth North End (lease expiry and not part of restructure) – September 20
- Abergavenny (lease expiry and not part of restructure) – September 27
- Havant – September 28
- Newport, Shropshire – September 28
- Ripley, Derbyshire – September 28
- Swanley – September 28
- Uttoxeter – September 28
- Partick, Glasgow – September 28
- Liscard (lease expiry and not part of restructure) – October 1
- Lowestoft (lease expiry and not part of restructure) – October 10
- Livingston – October 12
- Tenby – October 18
Three further stores closed before the restructuring plan was announced.
