Home Bargains opens at the weekend following a major investment in both premises and staff.
Home Bargains opens in Guernsey on Saturday morning (14 November).
Its North Side outlet is the first in the Channel Islands, and construction has kick-started the regeneration of a large section of the North Side of the Bridge.
The store sits on the old Quayside site, which was boarded up for some time.
The planning application to create a store was submitted in mid-2023.
Home Bargains will employ more than 100 staff, the vast majority being locals, with six English managers here for short-term assistance.
One of them, Tahn Foxcroft, says Guernsey is an exciting expansion for the business:
"It's great that our business is expanding, and Guernsey is going to be a big highlight of potential future success for future stores opening in different locations outside the UK.
"The community around the bridge have been fantastic, welcoming us.
"I think it will really obviously drive numbers to the bridge and hopefully boost their business numbers as well."
Home Bargains was started by Tom Morris in Liverpool in the mid 1970s and now boasts around 600 stores nationwide, making it one of the UK's largest privately owned companies.
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