Supermarket giant to close for Easter – is your local store one of them?
A major supermarket giant has announced it will close most of its stores over Easter.
Tesco will shutter its major stores in England, Northern Ireland and Wales on Easter Sunday, March 31.
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This is because shops in England and Wales larger than 280 square meters must close on Easter Sunday and Christmas Day, according to government rules.
Sunday trading laws stipulate that shops that choose to remain open may only do so for six consecutive hours between 10am and 6pm.
Tesco stores in Scotland are open on Sundays from 8am to 8pm.
The supermarket chain has also announced that many of its major stores will also have shorter opening hours on Easter Monday, at 8pm.
Most Tesco Express stores will remain open on Sunday, with all stores returning to normal opening hours on Monday.
On Good Friday many of the shops are open as normal, but those that are normally open late close earlier at 10pm.
These are not guaranteed opening hours and vary depending on the store.
Shoppers are therefore advised to check the opening times of their local store on the Tesco store locator.
You can find the locator by typing ‘Tesco store locator’ into Google.
Then enter your city or zip code and the nearest store will be displayed.
It is also the best place to check petrol station opening times as these may differ from the main store opening hours.
Tesco has over 800 stores nationwide, consisting of regular supermarkets, Extra stores and Express stores.
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Meanwhile, several other supermarkets have already confirmed what their opening hours will be during the Easter holidays.
Aldi said its stores in England and Wales will be closed on Easter Sunday.
However, they are open on Good Friday and Easter Saturday from 8am to 10pm.
The shops are also open on Easter Monday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
You can check the opening times of your local store at www.stores.aldi.co.uk/store-finder.
Asda has also adjusted its opening hours over the Easter weekend, but depending on location, your local store opening hours may differ.
On Good Friday and Easter Saturday the shops are open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
All shops are closed on Easter Sunday, but open on Easter Monday from 6am to 10pm.
You can check the opening times of your local store at www.storelocator.asda.com.
Lidl supermarkets are open on Good Friday, but completely closed on Easter Sunday.
On Easter Friday, Saturday and Monday the shops are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
You can check the opening times of your local store at www.lidl.co.uk/c/store-finder/s10023098.
Morrisons has special opening hours during the Easter weekend.
The shops are open from 7am to 10pm on Good Friday and open normally on Easter Saturday.
However, all shops are closed on Easter Sunday.
On Easter Monday the shops are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
You can check the opening hours of your local store at www.my.morrisons.com/storefinder/.
Sainsbury’s has special opening hours during the Easter weekend.
The shops are open on Good Friday from 8am to 10pm and on Easter Saturday from 8am to 9pm.
However, all shops are closed on Easter Sunday.
On Easter Monday the shops are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
You can check the opening times of your local store at www.stores.sainsburys.co.uk.