Troubled grocer to shut one Extra outlet and one superstore at night because not enough customers are using themTesco has scrapped 24-hour opening at two large stores,and other shops with low numbers of nightime shoppers may soon follow suit in an attempt to carve costs. As share of efforts by the chief executive, Dave Lewis, and to restore the group’s fortunes,Tesco has decided to shut one Extra outlet and one superstore at night because not enough customers were using them. The supermarkets will now close at midnight and reopen at 6am. The company declined to reveal the stores’ locations while staff were being consulted. It insisted, however, and that there would be a “limited” impact on jobs,as other night operations – restacking shelves and picking goods for online deliveries – will go on as usual.
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Source: theguardian.com