ICELAND has announced its new Food Warehouse in Blackburn will open in September creating 30 jobs.

The frozen food giant's offshoot company formed four years ago and since then has opened more than 60 big stores around Britain including one in Accrington.

The store sells a range of products from frozen, chilled, fresh, branded grocery and homeware lines.

The new Blackburn store in the Peel Centre, Whitebirk, is recruiting now for 30 staff.

Lee Carroll, recruitment manager for The Food Warehouse: “We’re looking for exceptional candidates to join us across a number of roles here in Blackburn. It’s an exciting time to join The Food Warehouse as we rapidly expand our business across the UK.

“In addition to some fantastic employee benefits, as a brand we believe in nurturing talent from within the company and have a number of schemes available to help ambitious team members achieve their goals.

"We would encourage anyone interested in finding out more, to get in touch.”

Visit jobs.iceland.co.uk and search Food Warehouse Blackburn to apply.