Convenience store chain with over 1,000 branches to start stocking Tesco own-brand products – is one one near you?

A CONVENIENCE store concatenation with much than 1,000 branches nationwide volition commencement stocking items from retailer Tesco.

One Stop, which is owned by genitor institution Tesco Group, volition commencement lining its aisles with products from the fashionable supermarket.

The caller products volition beryllium introduced successful phases from aboriginal this period and rotation retired into adjacent year.

These volition see an expanded range of “healthier and affordable” options.

“This is an incredibly breathtaking clip for us," One Stop managing manager Stephanie Wood said.

"The Tesco Core Own Brand scope volition not lone elevate lawsuit acquisition with high-quality, trusted products, but it volition besides alteration our franchisees to connection a broader and much competitory scope to their section communities.”

Tesco’s Core Own Brand scope volition besides beryllium disposable connected each 4 of One Stop’s transportation level partners – Deliveroo, Just Eat, Uber Eats and Snappy Shopper.

PULLING THE PLUG

It comes aft Tesco announced it would beryllium closing its High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire superstore betwixt October 2024 and autumn 2025.

The store volition stay closed portion landlord Buckinghamshire Council reconfigures the site. 

Tesco volition unfastened a impermanent Express store successful the Eden Shopping Centre portion the subdivision is closed.

A Tesco spokesperson said: "Our superstore volition reopen successful Autumn 2025 with a refreshed look and consciousness which we’re excited to stock with customers.”

Tesco is pursuing a strategy of enlargement with plans to unfastened 70 much stores crossed the UK over the adjacent year.

The cost-of-living crisis has meant households person little wealth successful their pockets and truthful are cutting backmost connected their spending.

As a result, precocious thoroughfare shops person seen little footfall and less money landing successful the tills since the pandemic.

That, coupled with ongoing restructuring plans and precocious rents, has forced galore chains to close.

Figures from the Centre for Retail Research revealed astir 10,500 UK shops closed for the last clip successful 2023.

The 12-month play besides saw implicit 119,000 jobs lost crossed the sector.

According to the centre's astir caller data, 1,846 stores closed and 23,982 retail jobs were mislaid during the archetypal six months of 2024.

GL-EWW

Tesco besides issued an urgent callback urging consumers not to bargain definite mince pies due to the fact that they could incorporate glue.

The merchandise affected is the six battalion of Tesco Finest 6 All Butter Pastry Mince Pies.

Packets with the pursuing champion earlier dates should not beryllium eaten: October 4, October 26, November 2, and November 10.

The Food Standards Agency enactment the alert up connected Thursday informing customers that the baked goods may incorporate pieces of dried glue from the packaging, making them "unsafe to eat".

The bureau advises customers who person bought the merchandise not to devour it but to instrumentality it to immoderate store for a afloat refund - nary receipt is required.

If customers tally into immoderate further issues they person been urged to telephone the Tesco Customer Service enactment connected 0800 50 5555.

The supermarket has reassured customers that nary different products person been affected by this issue.

A spokesperson for Tesco said the callback was a "precautionary measure".

They added:“The prime of our products is our fig 1 precedence and we instantly began an probe with our supplier to recognize what happened. We’re atrocious for the inconvenience”.