Around 500 applications have submitted by job hunters vying for 80 new positions at a £27 million Tesco superstore, at Burnt Tree Island on the Sandwell and Dudley border, it has been revealed.

The supermarket, is set to open on October 17 and work on the site has now entered its final stage.

It was announced earlier this year that 80 new jobs would be created.

And bosses from the supermarket giant today said they had received around 500 applications.

Bosses said not all of the 80 new positions had yet been filled and recruitment was still taking place.

Other posts at the store are expected to be taken by staff from the old Burnt Tree Island store, which closed in January.

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