Tesco moves to shorten opening hours at Formby Superstore
Photography by Patrick Trollope.

ALMOST a quarter of Tesco stores are to shorten opening hours. Tesco have recently reported huge losses and this move comes as part of a bid to save costs. In total, 76 of its biggest stores will be affected in what the shopping giant says is a:- "lack of shoppers over night."

The 24 hour trading, and other practices, used by Tesco and other supermarket chains have been seen as one of the major reasons Town and City Centers have seen a major fall in independent shops. Some in the industry are now asking: is Tesco is now paying the price of its campaign to knock out the smaller competition on the High Street, by missing the rise of the online market? This question was highlighted as Tesco's Retail Director, Tony Hoggett, who he told the media:- "With the growth of online grocery shopping, these stores saw very few customers during the night." Now many businesses will be watching to see what happens next.

1 of the stores that will cease 24 hour trading is on the outskirts of Formby, Merseyside, on the A565.

We are told that these changes will take effect nationwide, between 14 March 2016 and 11 April 2016, at 76 stores. As yet we do not know if any jobs will be lost at Tesco's Formby, due to this re-thinking of Tesco's retail operations.

Sterstore 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 Rd Superstore Exmouth Superstore Fulbourn Cherryhinton Superstore Flitwick Superstore Formby Superstore Glossop Superstore Gloucester Brick Extra Gloucester Superstore Goole Boothferry Road Superstore Harlow Church Langley Superstore Halifax Aachen Way Superstore Hall Green Superstore, Solihull Haverfordwest Extra Helston Superstore		Hereford 2 – Hereford Abbotsmead Superstore Hertford Superstore Hexham Extra High Wycombe Loudwater Superstore Hemsworth Superstore Hinckley Superstore Ingleby Barwick Superstore Inverurie Extra Leicester Extra Leighton Buzzard Superstore Lewisham Superstore Littlehampton Superstore Lowestoft Leisure Way Superstore March Hostmoor Ave Superstore Maldon Extra Mold Superstore Nottingham Carlton Superstore Orpington Extra Royston Extra Sheffield Infirmary Superstore Skegness Superstore Sleaford Superstore Superstore South Wigston Superstore, Leicester St Austell 2 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 Workington 2 Superstore Woolwich Extra

Will these changes affect you? If so, please give us your thoughts about this move by Tesco, via emailing us via:- News24@SouthporteReporter.Com. We would also like to hear the views of the shoppers who use Formby Tesco, or any of the other 75 stores affected.

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