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| Tesco ends 24-hour trade in 70 stores | |
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| Tesco is ending 24-hour shopping at 70 of its stores - around one in six of those currently open around the clock. | |
| The company says the growth of online shopping means that certain shops had few customers during the night. | The company says the growth of online shopping means that certain shops had few customers during the night. |
| Normal night time activities - such as refilling shelves - will continue in the supermarkets so Tesco says the impact on employees will be "minimal". | Normal night time activities - such as refilling shelves - will continue in the supermarkets so Tesco says the impact on employees will be "minimal". |
| The outlets affected will close between midnight and 6am. Four hundred staff will be "affected". | The outlets affected will close between midnight and 6am. Four hundred staff will be "affected". |
| Tesco says that does not mean 400 job losses. | Tesco says that does not mean 400 job losses. |
| It has not yet named the stores affected. | It has not yet named the stores affected. |
| There are currently about 400 Tesco stores open 24 hours a day. | There are currently about 400 Tesco stores open 24 hours a day. |
| "It makes much more sense for colleagues at those stores to focus on replenishing the shelves instead and making sure they're fully stocked when they open their doors at 6am," said Tesco retail director Tony Hoggett. | "It makes much more sense for colleagues at those stores to focus on replenishing the shelves instead and making sure they're fully stocked when they open their doors at 6am," said Tesco retail director Tony Hoggett. |