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Experienced retailer opens Wrexham’s first Go Local Extra store

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A Wrexham convenience retailer has opened a new Go Local Extra fascia store, “the first of its kind in the city”. After extensive interior and exterior refurbishments, the new-look store provides competition to a convenience store next door and is said to be attracting customers and…

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