Eagle-eyed shoppers may have noticed that their Quality Save store has closed down over recent weeks - but they need not panic.
Customers may well have missed the news we shared earlier this year that the company has been taken over by discount retail giant Home Bargains.
In fairness most people can't tell them apart. They both have similar coloured branding and Quality Save was in fact supplied by TJ Morris Ltd – the owners of Home Bargain – and stocked many of the same products for exactly the same price.
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But the closing of stores, as they are updated and rebranded into Home Bargains, has caused some concern among shoppers, who say they rely on it for cheap toiletries and other household products.
"I saw the Quality Save in Swinton had closed down and wondered what was happening," said one shopper. "We need cheaper places like that with the way everything is at the moment."
Swinton Square shopping centre shared a photo of the store as it prepared to close, with a sign in the window stating: "This store is changing. This Quality Save store will be closing on Friday, 26th May. Reopening as Home Bargains on Saturday, 3rd June."
Sale-headquartered Quality Save, was founded by Bob Rudkin in 1974, on a market stall in Walkden and a small store in Farnworth.
It was snapped up by TJ Morris, which trades as Home Bargains, for an undisclosed sum.
After opening its first store in Liverpool, the company has grown to operate over 500 shops and employ more than 27,000 staff.
The company has previously stated its plans to grow to 1,000 stores, employing over 40,000 staff.
It has no plans to close any of the stores, but if any external factors prevent a reopening under the new name, staff will be offered opportunities elsewhere.
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