A new Tesco superstore has opened in Edge Hill, replacing the former Jack's store.
Tesco launched its budget-friendly Jack's stores in a bid to rival the likes of Aldi and Lidl. The chain was named after Tesco's founder, Jack Cohen, and specialised in offering food grown, reared or made in Britain at, according to the company at the time of its opening, "the lowest possible prices".
Jack's was not meant to be, with Tesco announcing earlier this year that it would be scrapping the chain and closing seven of the 13 Jack's discount stores, with the remaining six becoming supermarkets. Tesco Edge Hill opened earlier this week, welcoming customers through its doors on April 26.
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As well as providing a wide range of affordable, healthy and sustainable food, the Edge Hill Tesco Superstore aims to have a positive impact in the local community through its community programmes - Tesco Community Grants and Community Food Connection across Edge Hill and the surrounding area. Supporting the local community is hugely important to Tesco and its colleagues, and over the last five years, the supermarket’s customers in Edge Hill have helped to raise £65,475 for 33 groups and good causes through its blue token voting scheme known as Tesco Community Grants.
Since its launch in 2015, The Tesco Community Food Connection Scheme has also donated 220,822 meals to local charities in the area. The scheme has ensured no surplus food goes to waste from Tesco stores and distribution centres.
Given the pressures on household budgets with mounting living costs, Tesco remains committed to providing value now more than ever. Its new Edge Hill store will have a combination of Aldi price match, low every day prices and Clubcard prices ensuring customers are getting the best deals every time they shop there.
Store manager Karl Vanderlann said: “We are extremely excited to be opening our new Edge Hill store and helping to serve the local community. As a former Jack’s store, we want to continue to offer great value to our customers with an increased product range and the benefits of Tesco Clubcard and Clubcard pricing to our customers.
“We’ve retained colleagues from the old store so there should be some familiar faces as well as new colleagues joining the team from the local area. We know that local knowledge and experience will be so important as we look to build connections and play our part in the community.”
Any local groups that would benefit from Tesco Community Grants funding are encouraged to apply here. Tesco's new store is located at Overton Street, Edge Hill, Liverpool L7 3HE.
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