Grocery shopping: best time to shop at Tesco

 

With the lockdown and precautionary measures implemented by supermarkets, grocery shopping can be quite a chore. Indeed, you have to wait in lengthy queues before being able to enter an outlet. This is due to social distancing guidelines and the fact that firms are restricting the number of customers in stores. To help clients out, a former Tesco employee has revealed that the best time to visit the supermarket is as soon as it opens or near closing time.

Even if most people are choosing to shop online and use delivery services, a lot of customers are still picking up their essential items in-store. With Tesco’s traffic light system to monitor the number of clients inside its stores, you might have to wait a little bit during peak times. Thus, if you want to avoid queues, it is best to visit “as soon as it opens or near closing time is when it is the most quiet”, as advanced by Bryan Roberts, a former Customer Service Assistant.

However, going at night might not be the best option because by then, food may have sold out. If you need a few essential items only, a few hours before closing is ideal. He also advised that Tesco usually offers final reductions at about 3 or 4pm.


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