Tesco Ready to Open New Store

The island’s first Tesco Express will open this week, as it completes the conversion of the first of the now former Shoprite stores.

Castletown is the first to see a new store open, becoming the second of what will be 10 island stores for the supermarket giant.

To mark the opening, Tesco is donating £1,000 to Isle Listen as part of the grand opening on Thursday.

Store Director Andy Sanderson said: ‘We are excited to be opening our new store and we’re really looking forward to serving the local community. 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.

‘Over the course of the store openings there’ll be around 120 new jobs created – all from the local community. We want to thank all the local residents for their patience and understanding while we’ve been refurbishing the old Shoprite stores.’

Customers will be able to take advantage of Clubcard prices. 

The new store will open on Thursday February 15 at 8am and its regular hours will be 7am to 10pm Monday to Sunday.

Stronger Starts

Tesco says that supporting the local community is hugely important to it and its colleagues, and the new stores will look to have an ongoing positive impact through the retailer’s community programmes – Tesco Stronger Starts and Community Food Connection – supporting 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.

Any local groups that would benefit from Tesco Stronger Starts funding are encouraged to apply here: https://tescostrongerstarts.org.uk/