Trago is the Original Discount Store selling 100,000 products at the best possible price. It was founded by Mike Robertson (father of our Chairman Bruce) in the 1960’s and quickly built a reputation for “piling it high and selling it cheap”! The original store was an abandoned gunpowder factory called Trago Mill near Liskeard. One of the early best sellers were Russian wellies being sold for the equivalent of 12p a pair or two pairs for 22p! The farmers loved them and Trago’s fame started to spread across Cornwall and other parts of the South West.

Soon a second store was opened in Newton Abbot. We use the word “store” loosely! In those early days Trago traded from an Army tent. Back then Trago’s slogan was “diamonds to dustbins” which still describes the vast variety on sale today. Trago has always had one unchanging motto – price, price and price!

In 1976 our next store opened in Falmouth and soon established itself as a part of the local community. Although the Falmouth store is our smallest it certainly benefits from a fabulous view! And this view of Falmouth harbour can be enjoyed from our Crow’s Nest café.