REVEALED: Tesco scrapping 24-hour shopping at '˜one in four big stores'
A total of 76 stores will now revert back to shutting at midnight after Tesco bosses conceded it is not doing enough trade during the night and the concept is financially damaging the firm.
The cutback comes as Tesco supremo boss Dave Lewis attempts to win back customers who have flocked to discount supermarkets such as Aldi and Lidl.
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Hide AdThe move to reduce the number of 24-hour stores comes 20 years after the first Tesco opened through the night.
Tony Hoggett, retail director for Tesco, said: “We’re always thinking about how to serve our customers better in each of our stores and with the growth of online grocery shopping, these stores saw very few customers during the night. It makes much more sense for colleagues at those stores to focus on replenishing the shelves instead and making sure they’re fully stocked when they open at 6am.”
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Here is the list of stores affected:
Addlestone Extra
Barnstaple Superstore
Basildon Extra
Bexhill Superstore
Bishops Stortford Superstore
Bridlington Superstore
Buckingham Superstore
Burnage Superstore
Catterick Garrison Superstore
Cefn Mawr Superstore
Cheltenham Superstore
Chepstow Superstore
Chichester Extra
Cirencester Extra
Clay Cross Extra
Clitheroe Superstore
Clowne Superstore
Congleton Superstore
Coventry Walsgrave Superstore
Cumbernauld Extra
Derby Mickleover Superstore
Dereham Extra
Dingwall Mart Road Superstore
Dunfermline Extra
East Didsbury Superstore
Evesham Worcester Road Superstore
Exmouth Superstore
Flitwick Superstore
Formby Superstore
Fulbourn Cherryhinton Superstore
Glossop Superstore
Gloucester Brockworth Extra
Gloucester Superstore
Goole Boothferry Road Superstore
Halifax Aachen Way Superstore
Hall Green Superstore, Solihull
Harlow Church Langley Superstore
Haverfordwest Extra
Helston Superstore
Hemsworth Superstore
Hereford Abbotsmead Superstore
Hertford Superstore
Hexham Extra
High Wycombe Loudwater Superstore
Hinckley Superstore
Ingleby Barwick Superstore
Inverurie Extra
Leicester Extra
Leighton Buzzard Superstore
Lewisham Superstore
Littlehampton Superstore
Lowestoft Leisure Way Superstore
Maldon Extra
March Hostmoor Ave Superstore
Mold Superstore
Nottingham Carlton Superstore
Orpington Extra
Royston Extra
Sheffield Infirmary Superstore
Skegness Superstore
Sleaford Superstore
South Wigston Superstore, Leicester
St Austell Superstore
Stoke-on-Trent Superstore, Kidsgrove
Stroud Superstore
Sudbury Superstore
Taunton Superstore
Toton Extra
Truro Superstore
Uttoxeter Superstore
Walsall Brownhills Superstore
Welshpool Superstore
Whitehaven Superstore
Whitstable Extra
Woolwich Extra
Workington Superstore