\n Hundreds of people queued to be the first inside the new Bargain Basket, in Daisy Lane just off Whalley Old Road in Daisyfield.\n<\/p>\n
\n The store will also house the new Al Fajr Restaurant and offers free parking to shoppers.\n<\/p>\n
\n This was the second Bargain Basket to open in Blackburn following the launch of the first at the top of East Park Road.\n<\/p>\n
\n Management also revealed they had big plans for the brand and were already looking at eight more sites across the region and the UK.\n<\/p>\n
\n The new Bargain Basket store has opened in Blackburn creating 35 jobs (Image: Nq)\n<\/p>\n
\n MP for Blackburn, Adnan Hussain, joined council leader Phil Riley and 10 local councillors at the ribbon cutting. There was also a violinist and fire breathing acts alongside free samosas and other delicacies for eager shoppers.\n<\/p>\n
\n The project is believed to have cost around \u00a32m and has created 35 jobs for people in the town.\n<\/p>\n
\n The site itself was the former Cob Wall Working Men\u2019s Club and had lain empty for a number of years.\n<\/p>\n
\n The new store includes everything from fresh and canned food products, a frozen food section to a huge halal meat stall at the back of the store.\n<\/p>\n
\n There are also stationery and clothes sections.\n<\/p>\n
\n The council leader and Blackburn’s MP joined local councillors at the official ribbon cutting (Image: Nq)\n<\/p>\n
\n General Store manager D Adams said the store hoped to cater for as many shoppers as possible with a huge variety of products on the 10,000 square foot development.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cWe at Bargain Basket have a dream and a plan to open more sites across the country and the EU.\n<\/p>\n
\n The new Bargain Basket store has opened in Blackburn creating 35 jobs (Image: Nq)\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe whole idea is for customers to be able to come and find whatever they need. Everything from food to health and beauty products.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cInside people can find a huge variety of products. We wanted to cater for as many shoppers as we could.\n<\/p>\n
\n The new Bargain Basket store has opened in Blackburn creating 35 jobs (Image: Nq)\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe have a cash machine nearby which is free. We designed all our shops to fit the customers\u2019 requirements.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The site required a lot of work.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Adams said: \u201cThis building was derelict for decades. We had to do a lot of work and were basically starting from scratch.\n<\/p>\n
\n The new Bargain Basket store has opened in Blackburn creating 35 jobs (Image: Nq)\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was a complete overhaul but we are delighted with the finished modern look.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe build took about three and half months to finish so it was a great result.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n He said he was \u201cproud\u201d to have worked with the job centre and the local council to ensure people close to the store were first in line for the jobs.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cWe did not go through big job sites we kept it local and we went to the job centre, the council and Newground. And they helped us massively.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe wanted the jobs to go to local people and people who love close by. It was important for us to be part of the community we serve.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe would to thank everyone for their support in this new venture.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of people queued to be the first inside the new Bargain Basket, in Daisy Lane just off…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-783684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}