Archive for August, 2010

Following on from our blog post on Monday, our Amazing Value 200g packs of After Eights are in stores nationwide now!!  These will be in stores for the run up to (dare I say it) Christmas!! So why not stock up early on your after dinner mints and drop in to your local Poundland now! 

Did you all see the Big Brother final last night?  We are so glad that Josie won and I wonder how the old housemates will get on with her in Ultimate Big Brother!  There are some great housemates that have gone back in and a few strange choices – I am sure it will be excellent viewing in any case!!

Have you seen this article in the Daily News Corner - Milk row exposes gutless UK Prime Minister.  Prime Minister, David Cameron has shot down his Health Minister, Anne Milton’s proposal to scrap the free milk scheme for under-fives stating he “did not like the idea”.  The scheme has run for many years and is now outdated, yet such a scheme will cost £59 million to run next year and clearly “does not provide value for money in difficult time” as Anne Milton pointed out.

Here at Poundland, our 2 litre bottles of milk, either semi skimmed or whole, are just £1 per bottle – showing you just how affordable it is to the average shopper and the Amazing Value we offer!  That is 9p per 189lt, compared to ASDA who charge 72p per litre (14p per 189lt).  Head down to your local Poundland store to pick up our chilled food (available at selected stores).

It’s the Big Brother final tonight and  I can’t believe it has come round so quickly – we are so excited here are Poundland HQ!  Who do you all want to win??  We think that Josie has it in the bag and will walk away with the £100k!  Plus for the first time ever, we have an ultimate Big Brother competition and I know there will be some great characters that we all remember from the last 9 years!  I am sure it will be a great watch and will be sitting down with my cuppa at 8pm!  You still have time to pick up your sweet treats at Poundland – crisps, sweets and drinks all at £1 each – go on treat yourself!

On a differnt note, Poundland will UNLEASH THE EVIL with its biggest ever Halloween range instores from Wednesday 1st September!  The fantastic range includes party and decorations, trick or treat and dress-up so you will be able to have a fantastically spooky party for less at Poundland!   As we squeeze the last out of Summer, you can start to think about the winter months and the celebrations that are coming up!  Head down to your local stores from next week to start to prepare for the spooky night! 

Happy Monday to you all!  We have a fantastic offer heading to a store near you – 200g After Eights will be in selected stores from Wednesday at the AMAZING VALUE price of just £1 per pack!!  They will be available in all stores ready for you to snap them up from next week!  Don’t hang around and pick up this great offer from Wednesday!

If you are looking forward to colour in your garden next Spring, pick up some of our Amazing Value Autumn Bulbs at Poundland now!  Take a look out our packs of tulips, red hot poker, crocus and gypsophilia as well as bulb collections in purple, orange and red – a great way to add colour to your garden at just £1 per pack! 

If you fancy winning £20 worth of Autumn Planting Bulbs, we have launched our latest Twitter competition today!  All you need to do if follow @PoundlandParrot and retweet our latest competition post. 

The competition closes this Friday.

Happy Friday to you all!  What a crazy week it has been here at Poundland Head Office – preparing for Halloween to launch in stores in one week and would you believe we are planning for Christmas to launch in the not too distant future – where has this year gone I ask you! 

Anyway we have a really great offer that we would like to tell you about ahead of your Saturday morning shopping!  From today, you can get 3 for £2 on our Summer Toys range - ONLY AVAILABLE AT SELECTED STORES! 

Head down to your local store over the weekend to pick up some toys to keep the kids entertained until they go back to school in September!

Loads more to come next week including details on our Win a Laptop competition, our Halloween range (coming to stores from 1st Septemer) and it’s your last chance to enter our £1,000 freee prize draw by registering to receive our newsletter!

Have a great weekend all!

If you havent already registered your interest in taking part in our Halloween case study, then you only have until tomorrow to get your entries in!! 

We need to find the ultimate Halloween Mum to review our fantastic product range and take part in some media requests.  It really is very simple and it will be loads of fun too. 

Check out what you need to do on our website now via this link and you could get £100 Poundland vouchers to thank you for taking part.

I am sure that your kids will love helping you spend the vouchers to throw an amazing Halloween party!

Check out  our Halloween teaser and head back to the website from 1st September to see the whole product range.