This is when a huge new Home Bargains store will now open in Sheffield

The discount retailer was due to open its new outlet on Archer Road, near Millhouses, on Saturday, May 30, but the store is now scheduled to welcome its first customers considerably later, on August 15.

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It is understood that work at the site has been put on hold during the lockdown, and a spokesman for the firm said the new launch date was ‘subject to change’.

There are already six Home Bargains stores across the city selling everything from food and DIY items to toys and gardening equipment, and the chain is continuing to trade during lockdown.

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The firm is still advertising jobs at the new Archer Road branch, where a store supervisor is among the roles it is looking to fill.