Quality Discounts in Bedford will re-open this week

Quality Discounts will re-open its doors at its store in Bedford this week, as part of the retailer's final stages of its phased re-opening of branches across the country.

Value retailer QD – QualityDiscounts.com - has announced that it will open the Bedford store on Wednesday, June 24.

QD, which sells a wide range of food, pet and convenience items, as well as homewares, household and garden items, has been re-opening a number of its stores since the middle of May.

The announcement of the reopening of their outlet in Greyfriars, as well as at nine other locations, comes as welcome news for shoppers in the town.

QD group operations director, Karl Ottolangui, said: “We are delighted to be able to reopen more shops on Wednesday and to welcome our customers back.

"Over the past few weeks, we have been gradually re-opening stores to gauge demand and to ensure that we are creating a safe environment that our customers feel confident to shop in.

“We have had very encouraging feedback from our customers and from our staff, and we can’t wait to reopen the remaining outlets.

“Our teams have been working extremely hard with our suppliers to source stock from all over the world and to get it distributed to each store.

"Our in-store teams, meanwhile have been ensuring that the shelves are ready for our returning customers.”

Social distancing measures are in place to ensure all staff and customers are kept safe and customers can shop in confidence.

These all follow best practice and the advice of the government and the British Retail Consortium.

The store in Bedford has created a designated queuing area outside the entrance.

Markers are being placed at two metre intervals to help customers respect each other’s personal space. 

The store also has two metre floor markers inside, and all checkouts are provided with protective plastic screens.

When QD temporarily closed its doors at the end of March, it donated perishable goods to a wide range of local charities and community groups including SMART Prebend Centre for the Homeless in the town.

Cheryl Reeve, manager at QD in Bedford, said: “It is wonderful to be able to see and serve our customers again.

"We have everything in place to ensure that customers will be able to shop in a safe environment and they will receive a warm welcome from all of us.

“We will be asking everyone to bear with us if they have to queue, and to obey the social distancing procedures we have in place, as we are limiting the number of customers in the store at any one time.

"There are cleaning stations for our trolleys, we’re encouraging contactless or card payments and asking customers to shop alone if at all possible.”