Category: Shops & Retail

A Sainsbury’s supermarket and a Sainsbury’s Local are two different propositions on a bank holiday. One reduces its hours and shuts on two days of the year; the other usually carries on as though nothing has happened. Quick answer: Sainsbury’s supermarkets in England and Wales typically trade 8am–8pm on a bank holiday Monday and are…

Aldi is the easiest supermarket in Britain to plan around on a bank holiday, for one structural reason: it has no convenience format. Every store is roughly the same kind of store, so every store behaves roughly the same way. Quick answer: Aldi stores in England and Wales typically trade 8am–8pm on a bank holiday…

Tesco does not have one bank holiday timetable. It has four, because the format of the store you are standing outside decides which rules apply to it. Quick answer: Tesco Extra and superstores in England and Wales typically run reduced hours of around 8am–6pm on a bank holiday Monday and must close on Christmas Day…

On an ordinary bank holiday Monday almost every UK supermarket opens — just for fewer hours than usual. There are only two days in the year when the law forces the big stores to shut, and neither of them is a Monday. Quick answer: Expect roughly 8am–8pm at large supermarkets in England and Wales instead…

Most UK shops open on bank holidays, on shorter hours. Only two days in the year force large stores to close, and the rules that do it apply in England and Wales but not in Scotland. Quick answer: On an ordinary bank holiday Monday, everything opens — supermarkets, retail parks, shopping centres, high streets —…