The owner of discount retailer Poundland will take over the lease of 71 of Wilko’s 400 stores after the chain’s collapse.
The Pepco Group will rebrand the branches under the Poundland name.
Around 12,500 jobs at the discount homeware retailer are at risk after the company announced attempts to rescue the chain had failed.
Wilko started closing its branches on Tuesday, with 28 more scheduled to shut tomorrow before the rest of its 346 shops across the UK cease trading by early next month.
Poundland managing director Barry Williams said: “In the coming weeks we will work quickly with landlords so we can open these stores as Poundlands with the new ranges that have been pivotal to our recent development.
“And once that process is complete, we will ensure a significant number of the Wilko colleagues will join our Poundland team.”
Will your local Wilko become a Poundland? Here’s the full list:
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Aberdare, Wales
Alfreton, Derbyshire
Alnwick, Northumberland
Altrincham, Greater Manchester
Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
Ashby, North Lincolnshire
Barking, London
Bedminster, Somerset
Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Bicester, Oxfordshire
Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire
Bletchley, Milton Keynes
Bolton, Greater Manchester
Brentwood, Essex
Brigg, North Lincolnshire
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Chepstow, Wales
Coalville, Leicestershire
Cramlington, Northumberland
Droitwich, Worcestershire
Eccles, Greater Manchester
Edmonton Green, Greater London
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Ferndown, Dorset
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Grays, Essex
Greenock, Inverclyde
Grimsby, North Lincolnshire
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Havant, Hampshire
Hayes, Middlesex
Headingley, West Yorkshire
Hessle Road – Hull, East Yorkshire
Hillsborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Jarrow, South Tyneside
Killingworth, North Tyneside
Kimberley, Nottingham
Lee Circle, Leicester, East Midlands
Leek, Staffordshire
Leigh, Greater Manchester
Lichfield, Staffordshire
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Matlock, Derbyshire
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Nelson, Lancashire
Northallerton, North Yorkshire
Orton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire
Peterlee, County Durham
Pontefract, West Yorkshire
Pontypool, Wales
Redhill, Surrey
Redruth, Cornwall
Ripley, Derbyshire
Rugeley, Staffordshire
Sale, Greater Manchester
Seaham, County Durham
Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands
Shrewsbury Darwin Centre, Shropshire
South Shields, South Tyneside
Southport, Lancashire
Stafford, Staffordshire
Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stockport, Greater Manchester
Thornaby, North Yorkshire
Wellington, Shropshire
Wembley, London
West Ealing, London
Wombwell, South Yorkshire
Worcester, Worcestershire
Worksop, Nottinghamshire
This takeover follows the news earlier this week that fellow discount retailer B&M has swooped for 51 other Wilko stores – but a list has yet to be released.
