A discount store could be set to replace an empty town centre Wilko’s shop.
Poundstretcher has been advertising for staff, including a manager, to work at the massive unit in Strood High Street.
The site has been empty since the company went into administration last September, and the search for staff has caught people’s attention.
Jobs have been advertised on the retail recruitment site, Indeed, including posts for a manager, sales assistant, and key holder.
In January this year, the budget retail giants opened a branch at the former Wilko‘s at Royal Victoria Place shopping centre in Tunbridge Wells.
It has also got a shop in Gillingham High Street, which moved into the old WH Smith last summer.
Poundstretcher was also in the Dockside Outlet Centre in Chatham for six years before moving out.
It will be the third budget outlet in the town with B&M and Poundland on Strood Retail Park.
Established in 1981, Poundstretcher is a British discount retailer which offers food, toiletries, garden essentials, and homeware brands.
Wilkos went on the market in January just months after the company went into administration, which resulted in the loss of thousands of jobs.
There was hope some of Kent’s stores would remain open after a handful of the shops were missed in the first announcement.
However, the retailer, which had 13 stores across the county, failed to secure emergency funding and all its shops were shut by October.
Poundstretcher has been approached for comment.
