FOOTBALL fans across the country are gearing up for Sunday’s highly-anticipated Euro 2024 final between England and Spain.
The Three Lions are playing in the final in Berlin on Sunday after winning their semi-final clash against the Netherlands 2-1 on Wednesday, thanks to a late goal by Ollie Watkins.
In honour of the big sporting fixture, several supermarkets have shared that they are changing their opening hours on Sunday or Monday to give staff some time off.
Below we outline what we know so far about how each major supermarket’s opening times will be affected.
The German discount store Lidl has confirmed that all its England stores will open one hour later on Monday, irrespective of if England wins or not.
Lidl stores typically open at 8am on Mondays, so the change in hours means that most will welcome customers from 9am.
On Sunday, stores will open and close as normal.
You can check your local Lidl stores’ regular opening hours by using the branch locator tool on its website.
Ryan McDonnell, chief executive officer, said: “We know how much this game means to England fans, and we want to ensure that our colleagues have the chance to celebrate such a significant moment in English football history.
“We couldn’t achieve our goals without our colleagues, so in recognition of their hard work and dedication, this move will allow them to join in the excitement and show support for the England team, and we wish them the best of luck for the big game.”
There will be no change to the opening hours at any of Aldi‘s 1,000 UK branches on either Sunday or Monday.
The same applies to Aldi’s “Local” branches which are smaller than the typical Aldi store.
You can find your nearest Aldi branch and its opening hours by using the retailer’s store locator tool.
Marks and Spencer said opening hours across its 1,060 branches across the UK will remain the same on Sunday and Monday.
You can check what time your local store is opening and closing by using the chain’s branch locator tool on its website.
Tesco will have mixed opening hours on Sunday.
The UK’s biggest supermarket said it will shut 1,800 Express stores across the country at 7.30pm instead of the usual 10pm or 11pm, to give staff members time off to watch the game.
The alteration will mean thousands of shop workers can head home or to the pub in time for kick-off – and they won’t have their pay docked.
All online shopping orders already placed for Sunday evening will be honoured and delivered as normal.
Tesco Express and Superstores in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be operating normal opening hours on Sunday.
All UK branches will open as normal on Monday.
You can find your nearest Tesco store and its opening hours by using the retailer’s branch locator tool on its website.
Sainsbury’s has confirmed its smaller stores and petrol stations across England will close early on Sunday.
Like Tesco, more than one thousand branches will now close at the earlier time of 7.30pm instead of 10pm or 11pm.
It’s likely that larger stores will already be closed, because stores in England or Wales over 280 square metres by law can only open for six consecutive hours between 10am and 6pm on Sundays.
All Sainsbury’s stores will open as normal on Monday morning at 6am or 7am.
You can find your nearest Sainsbury’s store and its opening hours by using the branch locator tool on its website.
Morrisons said its normal Sunday and Monday opening hours will apply and no changes have been announced.
Larger Morrisons branches tend to shut around 4pm or 5pm on Sundays.
You can find your nearest Morrisons branch and its opening hours by using the retailer’s store locator tool.
Iceland said it will be operating the same opening hours as usual on Sunday, with branches closing between 4pm and 5pm.
The same applies to The Food Warehouse stores.
A spokesperson said: “Our Iceland and The Food Warehouse stores in England will close between 4-5pm on Sunday, depending on location, which is in line with our usual operating hours, providing staff and shoppers plenty of time to prepare ahead of the big final.”
You can find your nearest Iceland branch and its opening hours by using the supermarket chain’s store locator tool.
Co-op said opening hours across its 2,400 branches across the UK will remain the same on Sunday and Monday.
You can check what time your local store is opening and closing by using the chain’s branch locator tool on its website.
A spokesperson added that “we will be as flexible as possible with those (staff) requesting shift swaps in order to watch the game”.
Co-op said opening hours across its 1,107 branches across the UK will remain the same on Sunday and Monday.
You can check what time your local store is opening and closing by using the chain’s branch locator tool on its website.
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