One of Europe's largest supermarkets is in a tiny UK town

The beforehand of the Tesco successful Pitsea. (Image: EssexLive)

One of Europe’s largest supermarkets is successful the tiny municipality of Pitsea successful Essex, wherever a newly refurbished Tesco Extra has regained its rubric arsenic the UK’s largest Tesco store.

The store primitively opened successful the 1970s and held the rubric of the largest supermarket successful Europe. 

However, it mislaid its crown to the Tesco store successful Walkden, Manchester. 

But now, pursuing an extended renovation, the Pitsea store has reclaimed its apical spot, The Echo reports.

There are astir 2,819 Tesco stores successful the UK alone, which marque up 27.5% of the marketplace share. And, the Tesco successful Pitsea reportedly measures much than 185,500 quadrate feet.

The store was already immense earlier the revamp. (Image: EssexLive)

The revamp has transformed some the interior and exterior of the store, consolidating everything onto 1 level for improved accessibility. 

Customers tin present bask a amended buying experience, with caller features specified arsenic a modern cafe, an expanded covering section, a Max Spielmann Photo Shop and a Tesco Travel Money counter.

Store manager Amber Amis said: “We are incredibly excited astir this extended refurbishment and anticipation that our customers volition beryllium too. 

“The improvements purpose to marque the buying travel not lone much convenient but besides much enjoyable. 

“We’d similar to convey our loyal customers for their patience during the refit and look guardant to welcoming them backmost to the transformed store.”

The unit celebrated the opening recently. (Image: Tesco)

What’s more, Tesco’s concern successful the Pitsea assemblage goes beyond the supermarket revamp. 

The store precocious donated £1,500 to Ghyllgrove Primary School, which has helped supply sensory toys, lukewarm covering for sporting events, meal provisions, and affectional enactment for children and families. 

Melanie White, the school’s elder intelligence wellness lead, thanked Tesco for its contributions, saying: “Tesco’s ongoing enactment has made a existent quality successful the lives of our students and families. 

“Donations similar this are captious successful gathering the increasing needs of our children and families.”