ANOTHER major supermarket has announced it is closing the majority of its stores over Easter.
Tesco will be pulling the shutters down on its large stores in England, Northern Ireland and Wales on Easter Sunday, April 9.
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This is because shops in England and Wales larger than 280 square metres have to close on Easter Sunday and Christmas Day, under Government rules.
Sundays trading laws stipulate that any stores that choose to remain open can only do so for six consecutive hours between 10am and 6pm.
Tesco stores in Scotland will open in line with Sunday trading hours.
The supermarket chain has also announced that many of its large stores will be operating reduced hours on Easter Monday too.
It said that the majority of its Express stores will remain open on the Sunday, and all shops will return to normal trading hours on the Monday.
On Good Friday, many of its stores will be open as usual but those that are normally open late will close earlier at 10pm.
But these aren’t guaranteed opening hours and will vary depending on the shop.
You should check out the Tesco store locator on the supermarket’s website to find out what your nearest branch’s opening hours will be.
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You can find the locator by typing “Tesco store locator” into Google.
You then have to type in your town or postcode and it will draw up your closest store.
Tesco has over 800 stores nationwide made up of regular supermarkets, Extra stores and Express shops.
It comes as several other supermarkets already confirmed to The Sun what their opening hours will be over the Easter bank holiday.
Aldi is closing all its England and Wales stores on Easter Sunday.
The retailer said branches will be open between 8am and 10pm on Good Friday, 8am to 10pm on Easter Saturday and 8am to 8pm on Easter Monday.
Meanwhile, Sainsbury’s will pull down shutters on 600 big stores in England and Wales on Easter Sunday too.
And Morrisons is closing all its England and Wales stores over Easter Sunday.
All its stores will be open between 7am and 10pm on Good Friday, April 7, and 7am to 8pm on April 10, Easter Monday though.
Asda has also revealed that its England, Wales and Northern Ireland branches will close on April 9 while its Scotland shops will remain open.
Most stores will be open on April 7 and April 8 between 7am and 10pm.
Co op has said all big stores in England and Wales will be closed on Easter Sunday, subject to the government rules.
However, stores will be open as usual over the weekend.
For the full list of supermarkets which have confirmed their opening hours over the Easter break, see our roundup.
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