Quality Save is a chain of discount stores operating in Northern England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. They are supplied by another chain of discount chains TJ Morris

TJ Morris

TJ Morris Ltd comprises several businesses including Home Bargains , property ownership, and Far Eastern ventures.-Home Bargains:...

 (Trading as Home Bargains

Home Bargains

Home Bargains is a chain of discount stores, offering home bargains, operating throughout the United Kingdom, founded by Tom Morris in Liverpool, England approximately 30 years ago...

) which are sometimes mistaken to be the same company.

History

Quality Save was founded in 1974 by Bob Rudkin. He started off with an Indoor market stall in Walkden

Walkden

Walkden is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It is west-northwest of Salford, and west-northwest of Manchester....

 and a small single unit shop in Farnworth

Farnworth

Farnworth is within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It is located southeast of Bolton, 6 miles south-west of Bury , and northwest of Manchester....

 (Which is no longer a Quality Save store). The Quality Save Head Office/Store is in Swinton

Swinton, Greater Manchester

Swinton is a town within the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. Located on the A6 road it stands on gently sloping ground on the southwest side of the River Irwell, and within the bounds of the orbital M60 motorway. It is west-northwest of Salford, and west-northwest of Manchester...

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Stores

Quality Save stores have a red and sky blue branding which used to be similar to the Home Bargains branding until it was changed to avoid confusion between the two companies, although 11 stores still carry the old signs. They have a total of 21 Stores including the head store in Swinton. They can usually be found in major shopping streets as well as in shopping centres. Stores range from small to medium outlets. The largest store that Quality Save operate in is in the Stretford Arndale in Stretford

Stretford

Stretford is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. Lying on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, it is to the southwest of Manchester city centre, south-southwest of Salford and northeast of Altrincham...

. Like Home Bargains they also acquired some of the former Woolworths

Woolworths Group

Woolworths Group plc was a listed British company that owned the high-street retail chain, Woolworths, as well as other brands such as the entertainment distributor Entertainment UK and book and resource distributor Bertram Books...

 outlets. At present they currently are using 4 of these. The Urmston

Urmston

Urmston is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 41,000. Historically a part of Lancashire, it lies about six miles to the southwest of Manchester city centre. The southern boundary is marked by the River Mersey and the...

store is a temporary store until the new store has been built.

Although the slogan for the company is "Quality Brands - Quality Prices", the stores carrying the old signs display the slogan as "Top Brands - Bottom Prices" which is the Home Bargains Slogan. As of the 1st June 2010, Quality Save stores began playing a segmant every fifteen minutes informing customers of their "Star Buy" deals, that they are cheaper than pound stores and of the company's alcohol policy. These segmants end saying "Quality Save. Quality Brands - Quality Prices" the company name and slogan.