Easter weekend means spending time with loved ones, scoffing chocolate and putting your feet up. But if you need to pop to the shops today - be it for a forgotten Easter egg or veg for the all-important roast - you'll want to know when the shops are open.
Most major supermarkets are open over the Easter bank holiday but are operating at reduced hours. Government guidelines meant they had to shut yesterday on Easter Sunday, with only a handful of convenience stores open to sell essentials.
The law around trading hours for retailers state that any shops over 280 square metres (3,000 square foot) must be closed on Easter Sunday. That means it is only 'local' and 'express' stores which opened yesterday, operating Sunday trading hours - but the major chains are allowed to reopen today on Easter Monday (April 18).
