B&Q Opens Within Asda Hartlepool

B&Q, the UK’s leading home improvement retailer, has opened its latest ‘shop within shop’ compact B&Q store in Asda Hartlepool. 

The new store sits inside the Asda Hartlepool store, providing customers easy access to a broad range of great value products and the opportunity to complete many different shopping activities in a single trip. Customers can also place an order via diy.com for home delivery or Click & Collect.  

• B&Q opens seventh Asda concession store, following successful launches in Lancaster, Thurmaston, Edmonton, Roehampton, Sheffield and Dagenham. 
• The store within Asda Hartlepool is the penultimate new concession store within Asda supermarkets to open this year 
• The B&Q concession in Asda Hartlepool will offer a range of paint as well as tools, hardware and other DIY essentials 
• Customers will be able to shop B&Q’s full range at diy.com and order a broader range of products online for collection from the store 

Katrina Drane And Richard Walgate

Jamie Bunting, Regional Manager, B&Q, commented: “We’re delighted to be opening the new B&Q concession store within Asda Hartlepool and to be providing customers with a more convenient way to shop for home improvement products and services.”

“The B&Q concession within Asda Hartlepool will have a great selection of DIY essential items, expert help and advice from our colleagues, as well as digital access to our broader range of products.”

“We recognise that the way customers shop is always changing, and this is just one way we want to make lives of our customers easier and able to access materials and equipment closer to their homes.”

Emma Frostick, Store Manager at Asda Hartlepool, said: “We are delighted to have been chosen by B&Q as the location for one of their new compact stores. Asda customers will be able to access a range of B&Q’s essential home improvement products and expert advice alongside their regular shop, as this new partnership brings a broader range of great value products and services to our store.” 

B&Q welcomes back Katrina Drane who was the first to apply for a job at the new concession store, following the B&Q in Hartlepool closing in 2016 where she worked for 23 years."

Source : B&Q

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