Tesco will close its eight in-store pharmacies from August this year.
The eight pharmacies which are said to be affected are so-called 100-hour locations, situated in superstores with extended opening hours. Tesco has not yet confirmed the sites that will shut, but they will be in locations that are not seeing enough users to justify their long opening hours and where there are other pharmacies within one mile.
The supermarket chain told the Chemist and Druggist (C&D) magazine that it was pressing ahead with the closures just months after the idea was first mooted on January 31 in order to “remain focused and competitive in a fast-changing market”. The plans also included shutting the remaining counters and hot deli.
