Home Bargains ramps up operations at Omega automated distribution centre
Home Bargains has announced that the rollout of its state-of-the-art automated distribution centre at Omega has now reached a major milestone with the servicing 200 UK stores.
The site is now intaking over 25,000 pallets of stock each week, picking and dispatching almost two million cases, and over 1,000 store deliveries weekly.
Operations will continue to scale up over the coming weeks, followed by a brief pause to prioritise peak trading. The ramp-up will then resume in January 2026, with the Omega site on track to supply 312 stores by the end of that month.
At the same time, work is progressing on Home Bargains’ new distribution centre in Doncaster which is set to open in the summer of 2028. Once complete, the site will add capacity for over 300 additional stores.
Subscribe to TRBNeil Kelson, Home Bargains head of logistics, said: “The Omega distribution centre is a cornerstone of our strategy to deliver greater efficiency, resilience, and scalability in our supply chain. We’re proud to see it already making such a strong impact, and we look forward to building on this success as we expand towards Doncaster and beyond.”
The retailer has over 600 stores in the UK and is planning to grow its portfolio to between 800 and 1,000 locations.
