Jarek Mydlak came up with the idea for the store

Dagmara and Michal Rafalowicz and Jarek Mydlak moved to Powys in 2005, the year after their country joined the EU.

They are selling bread, sausages and drinks in Newtown to many of the 340 Polish migrants in the county.

Mr Mydlak said the idea was inspired by fellow Poles who were forced to return home to buy traditional fare.

The arrival of so many Poles in the UK has led to other initiatives such as Wales' first Polish support centre, which opened in Llanelli last year.

Wheat flour

In north Wales, an estimated 10,000 Poles live in Wrexham alone, which has prompted the region's police force to consider recruiting Polish-speaking officers.

Mr Mydlak, from Warsaw, said: "Polish Corner, the name of our shop, has been open for a month or so and it has been popular with Polish people and locals.

"We got the idea for the shop when people, who worked in the UK, took a lot of Polish food back with them when they returned home for a holiday.

"But they couldn't take a lot back with them and many others, who couldn't return home, said they were missing Polish food."

Mr Mydlak, who also has a second job, said among the best-selling products was Polish bread, made from rye and wheat flour at a bakery in Wrexham.

Powys Council said there were 340 migrant workers from Poland in the county in 2005/06.