A new Tesco Express store is set to open at 8am in Peel tomorrow (May 24), with a £1,000 funding boost to a local community group.
The Peel Express is the fifth of nine new stores set to open on the island this year following Tesco’s acquisition of Shoprite.
To mark the grand opening on Michael Street, Tesco is donating £1,000 to the local RNLI.
Peel Tesco Express
The new store will be open Monday to Sunday from 7am to 10pm.
It will stock products from local Manx suppliers as well clothing essentials and a Costa Coffee machine in addition to the usual great range of products available in Tesco Express stores.
Tesco Stronger Starts and Community Food Connection will support charities and community groups across the Isle of Man.
Over the last seven years, the supermarket’s customers on the Isle of Man have helped to nominate worthy recipients of grants totalling £217,504 for 109 groups and good causes through its blue token voting scheme, Stronger Starts.
Tesco helping community
Store Director Andy Sanderson said: “The rollout of these new stores is incredibly exciting and we’re really grateful to the local residents who have been so welcoming.
“We’ve worked in close partnership with local suppliers and the Isle of Man government to ensure we can provide the best service to our customers with great products and value.
Store Director Andy Sanderson
“Over the course of the store openings there’ll be around 120 new jobs created and we want to continue to have a positive impact in the local community through Stronger Starts and food donation programmes.”
Any local groups that would benefit from Tesco Stronger Starts funding are encouraged to apply here.
The Community Food Connection scheme is run in partnership with food redistribution charities FareShare and Olio.
To find out about the scheme, click here.
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