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As one of the UK’s original ‘Big Four’ supermarkets, it feels as though there’s a Tesco Express, Metro, Superstore or Extra pretty much around every corner. There are in fact nearly 3,000 Tescos dotted around the UK, making it the most prolific supermarket of the lot. But that’s not enough, apparently. Tesco has announced plans to open even more UK stores across the next two years.
Tesco cut the ribbon for 60 new Express stores in 2025 and says thats it’s on track to open 70 more before 2027. Now, it’s revealed the 11 locations that are next in line.
The supermarket acquired five old Amazon Fresh stores in London and plans to reopen them as Tesco Express locations before the summer. Those will be in Kensington High Street, Hounslow, Moorgate, Aldgate East and Wembley.
New Express supermarkets are also coming to Bickington in Devon, Pontrhydyrun in Torfaen, Strabane in County Tyrone and Wallyford in East Lothian. Their exact launch dates haven’t been confirmed yet.
On top of those openings, there’ll be two new large Tesco stores in Scotland, though it’s not clear whether they’ll be Tesco Extras or the slightly smaller Tesco Superstores. One will be in Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross and the other will be in Heartlands.
Nick Johnson, property director at Tesco Group, said of the brand’s new branches: ‘As one of the UK’s leading retailers, we support jobs and local economies up and down the UK, and as we grow our store network we’re delighted to have the opportunity to serve even more people, in even more communities.
‘We are hugely excited about the year ahead and looking forward to meeting our customers where they are with great quality, exceptional value and brilliant customer service.’
Tesco’s expansion announcement comes a week after Which? reported that Tesco is the UK’s cheapest supermarket for a ‘big shop’ (which, according to Which? would be for a mammoth grocery list of 228 items or more), as long as you take advantage of the Clubcard discount. For a normal weekly shop, it’s still trumped by Aldi and Lidl.
Full list of new Tesco locations
New Tesco Express locations
- Kensington High Street, London
- Hounslow, London
- Moorgate, London
- Aldgate East, London
- Wembley, London
- Bickington, Devon
- Pontrhydyrun, Torfaen
- Strabane, County Tyrone
- Wallyford, East Lothian
New Tesco large store locations
- Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross
- Heartlands, West Lothian
Did you see that Co-op is opening 18 new and improved supermarkets over February and March?
Plus: Lidl is launching 19 new supermarkets across the UK in 2026.
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