UPDATED: Tesco announces end of 24-hour opening hours at 76 stores - most North East branches spared
The company says hours will be reduced at 76 stores around the country "to improve the shopping experience for customers."
Tesco said the move will mean staff have more time to stock shelves, improving availability of products and the appearance of the stores when they opening in the morning.
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Hide AdImpact on staff will be "minimal," according to the firm, with affected branches closing between midnight and 6am. Four hundred staff will be involved in the changes.
Tesco has now released a full list of stores which will see hours cut. Only two North East stores - Hexham in Northumberland and Ingleby Barwick in Stockton - will be affected by the changes.
It says it is "being responsive to the way customers want to shop" and "more efficient use of Tesco time and resources" will make savings for Tesco "which can be passed on to customers."
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.
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Hide Ad“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 their doors at 6am.
“We’ll continue to make changes in store in ways that will make shopping at Tesco a better experience for our customers, at the times they want to shop.”
The changes will take effect between March 14 and April 11 this year.
Tesco began 24-hour trading in 1996 and approximately 400 of its stores are open 24 hours a day.
The stores affected are:
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