Tesco Express looks set to open on Worcester High Street

A Tesco Express looks set to open at a former Pound Shop any day, with signage, shelves and tills all now in place.

While an official opening date has not be given, the store’s website suggests it will be opening on Thursday at 7am.

As of Saturday, February 18, shelves inside the supermarket, at 88-89 High Street, looked bare but ready, while self-service tills had also been installed.

A sign by the shop’s front door shows it will be open from 7am to 10pm seven days a week.

It will sell lottery tickets, food to go, and chilled wines and beer.

The sign also features a Costa Coffee and Evri parcel delivery logo.

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The store will feature Costa coffee and Evri parcel delivery (Image: Newsquest)

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The Pound Shop which Tesco Express will replace closed in October 2022, a year after it opened.

Towards the end of September, The Pound Shop was displaying 'closing down sale' signs in its windows.

The store held a closing-down sale and said 'everything must go''

Customers were able to get their hands on heavily discounted items as the bargain shop prepared to close.

The Pound Shop first opened in Worcester in October 2021 and saw queues of people lining up to be the first through the doors.

The Tesco website suggests the shop may open on Thursday (Image: Newsquest)

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The unit was previously empty for almost three years after music chain HMV closed in 2019.

HMV made the decision to close in Worcester after its new owner said it was no longer a viable business option.

The unit previously housed a Pound Shop and before that a HMV (Image: Newsquest)