Poundland in Manchester Arndale, on the lower level, next to Costa and opposite Deichmann is one of…read morethe few pound-shops remaining in the city centre, following rival chain Poundworld collapsing, it is a pretty good store, it was refurbished since my last review in 2016, so the store does look better. They have a decent selection of items, it's a typical pound-shop, you're not going to find something too exciting, but you can spend a couple of quid and hopefully get something useful. The store was a little like a jumble-store, without much organisation, that is typical in pound-shops but with it being hard to find a staff member too, it made it even harder to find the batteries I came in for. Self-service tills for ease of checkout. I would say some items can be found cheaper elsewhere if on offer occasionally, but all in all, it's a decent store which sells basic and mostly cheap items, but most items operate on limited stock when they're gone, they're gone. 3*

I worked in an office in Spinningfields once. I apologise, regular followers (those of you that…read morethere are...?) as you've probably heard this about eleventy billion times already but one day I made myself the most popular girl in my department. How did I achieve such an accolade? Occasionally a staff member would pop out at lunchtime and bring back goodies for everyone. This usually involved those mini Swiss rolls and caramel shortcakes you get in Sainsbury's. One day I was trundling around Poundworld in the Arndale Centre and came across a 'chewy selection' for, of course, a quid, with Drumstick lollies and Snap n' Crackle chews and Refresher bars. I grabbed a few and brought them back to the office, declaring, 'There's retro sweets for everyone.' They were gone within seconds. You forget how much people like to regress to childhood. The next time I added a bag of mini Wham bars into the mix, again, a mere quid. These made the whole thing even more successful. For this reason and many others, I love Poundworld. One of the nicer side effects of the recession, shops like this have been cropping up all over the place in Manchester and they're a welcome addition. I've never had a single problem with a single household product from there, including multipacks loo roll and kitchen cleaners. I bought an enormous Tupperware from there too, great for transporting my amazing cakes. I am a talented baker and will not be modest about my creations. You can save a lot of money in here. That goes without saying. But its easy location and large size make for a very good shopping experience. And what clinched it for me? Four cans of sugar free fizzy Vimto for a quid. Be still my beating heart. No wonder I'm such a regular here. So should you be.

EVERYTHING in this shop is £1!!!! Fantastic!!!! Poundworld sell everything from sweets to…read morebatteries, home furnishing to toiletries, candles to toys and pet toys to stationary!! Just to re-iterate EVERYTHING IS £1!!!!! This is a new store in the Arndale centre, it has replaced shoe express on the top floor. Obviously the stuff they sell isn't the best quality in the world but who can complain when it's a pound!!!! The store itself is nice enough though, its just set out like a small supermarket in the sense that there are lots of aisles with everything out on display. Get down there!!

This is my favorite pound shop well stocked with all the to be expected pound shop items, but also…read moresome unusual items, some over a pound items and sometimes end of line items branded names of major high street stores, e.g. M&S, Tesco, WH Smith, etc

I agree with the other poster. This store stocks many branded items which retail at over £5 and up…read moreto £10 in some places and mostly charges the £1. Due to popular demand though they are now stocking some more expensive items but all at incredible savings!!! I had to thing hard and long about writing this as this store is one of the Northwest's best kept secrets and maybe I've just shot myself in the foot! LOL

Debenhams is situated In the Market hall shopping precint with several exits outside of this…read more It has all the usual concession and departments that you would expect and is set on three very large floors. It's nice and light and bright inside and always looks well maintained (if not a little jaded in places and in need of a little modernising) As well as clothing, lingerie, shoes, accessories, jewelry, sports gear, fragrance and homewares it also has a cafe which is nice (although pricey) to have a break from your shopping.

love this shop,if i havent much money to spend its just nice to nosey at all thats on offer…read more Allthough some stuff is expensive its of good quality. theres a cafe aswell which is good,the food is nice. theres clothes,toys,gifts,bedding,homeware so much choice.

Nice Sized Shop, with Pleanty of Stock availible all the time. Shelves are always full, neat & Tidy…read moreand many of the items can be found on a weekly basis. They stock a good range of toiletries for all ages and gender. A wide variety of cleaning Products is availible and you can find the same brands week in week out. Poundland also have a very extensive range of tools in stock for the DIY nuts. Basically you can find most of what you need for any occasion in store at the reasonable price of £1. Staff are always very friendly and will help in anyway they can. You can sometime wait to be served but this is due to the vast amount of people who use the store and not lack of care from the staff. Overall a fantasic shop, well worth a visit while doing your weekly shopping.

I am a person who is always looking for a bargain and having a poundland not more than 15 mins away…read morefrom where I live is great. Yes the shop is kinda small for the amount of people usually in there at one time and the queues are usually massive at the The tils but a small price to pay for the cost for everyday branded items. Also there is a gem or two that you can find to give people as gifts. Whether you love to bake, read or clean (well no one loves to do that but hey) there is something for everyone at poundland including pretty but cheap earphones and CD's for the music enthusiast and seasonal clothing accessories such as sandles and wooly scarves, mothers/father's day gifts and even Halloween costumes and Easter/Halloween/Christmas decorations. I would say on an average time I go, I go to spend around 3 quid and end up spending way more as there are so many great deals. You can even go there for a cheap lunch as they sell sandwiches from the fridge and even fruit in some stores and even canned drink usually on offer so you can be set for the day.. The grapes may be a thing to be wary of as the ones I bought were super sour but that could be just bad luck. Why settle for less than the best when you can get the best for a pound! You can also buy certain home brand items such as makeup and even these are just as good as branded items. Certainly worth checking out even if for as few rarely bought items. Car and pet things are also available. Yes the store is usually crammed whatever time of day you go and the shelves are always fully stocked however occasionally such as around Christmas items you may go for will not be stocked as they make room for seasonal goods. Check out what's at your local poundland today.

Wow Big Discount - a super cool, ultra mega pound shop down on the main Levy strip. You can see why…read morebiz's like Woolworths went out of business with the unstoppable roll out of the pound shops over the past couple of decades. This place has everything you could need from food and drink (tinned and canned mainly), toiletries, cleaning equipment and household items such as batteries and cables for every occasion and household need - all at low low prices! If you're in the area - Levy antiques village is worth a look at and Trove/POD are great for food and drinks!

i love this store it has everything for low prices and they are sooooooo kind and helpful!!!!! i…read moreneeded candles and sweets for a birthday party and it was past thier closing time yet they still let me in whilst everyother place was closed. i am superrr grateful and definitly recommend!!!!!!!!!!

This place sells almost everything! It seems to be a cross…read morebetween B&Q, Tesco's, Boozebusters and almost everywhere else you can think of. If I'm ever looking for something really unusual, this is where I start off, and the prices of normal household items are so good, I can't believe people shop anywhere else. November 2008 update; Just been back and they have the largest selection of Christmas goodies I've ever seen - and I remember the old days of T J Hughes Christmas grottoes! In the early 60's!

This is a great bargain store in the Stretford mall. It's a discount store for all household items;…read morecleaning products, garden items, tools, decorating products etc. If I need a household item I always go in here first as you can really save quite a lot of money. There are quite a few tills so you usually don't have to queue and the staff are helpful if you need to find something as it can be a bit difficult to find what you need.

Debenhams are quite a large chain of department stores in the UK, on the more affordable range…read morecompared to the likes of Harvey Nichols, and Selfridges who are more high-end, and the latter actually have one of the anchor stores in the Traffor Centre it is located in, which as I recall are three department stores being John Lewis, Selfridges and Debenhams. As mentioned, being an anchor store for the intu Trafford Centre, this branch of Debenhams is quite large, with a fragrance hall as well as a selection of both male and female clothing over the two floors. I'd also like to comment, as this is such a large store in such a busy location, I'm surprised it has only received 15 reviews, most of which being in 2009 and the most recent being in 2011, I'm not going to say all the things that have happened since then, including Gary Lineker being forced to present Match Of The Day in his underpants, following Leicester City's Premier League win, previously dubbed impossible. Moving on to my original review, this is quite a nice store, it is quite large and does look quite modern, but as you go into it, it sadly feels less modern, albeit it does have quite a nice, cool staircase towards the end of the store. Sadly, most of the clothes here just seemed poor quality, and honestly look dreadful, which proves it isn't the most fashionable place to buy clothes, unless you like to buy things which look like curtains and towels. The staff here didn't seem too friendly, they just seemed average. Overall, this store is okay, it is nothing more than that but I sadly feel it hasn't done enough to earn three stars, with one of the only positives being the size and location of the store.

I don't mind Debenhams to be honest. It's a good department store. Whenever I come here it's always…read morethe men's wear department that I visit. You'll be heading down some escalators when you come in to find it. There's loads of famous fashion names on offer, like Levi, Rip Curl and many others. It's always worth a visit as well as you sometimes find things cheaper here than in the labels' own shops. One thing I would say is that it's really difficult to find the escalator to get back up out of the basement floor! I ended up wondering around for five minutes trying to find the bloody thing!