Easter bank holiday weekend: The best time to go to supermarkets revealed

Easter weekend is right around the corner, and while many of you might be looking forward to the extended break, with Easter being on Monday, 10th of April, there is also some confusion among shoppers about varying supermarket opening and closing hours during this holiday period.

Read on to find out the best time to shop over the next couple of days, as well as information on changed timings in your local supermarkets.

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When is the best time to go?

As reported by Yorkshire Evening Post, Lidl has come up with some truly useful stats for its customers. The supermarket giant saw about a million new customers last Easter, and has since used the data at its disposal to come up with some interesting data.

Lidl’sdata shows that there is in fact such a thing as the ideal time to shop peacefully without being assailed by massive crowds at supermarkets during the Easter period.

The data collected last year shows that the quietest times to shop were between 8am and 10am, and from 6pm onwards.

Saturday was found to be the busiest day at supermarkets, with the highest levels of footfall being between 10am-1pm. If you absolutely must shop on a Saturday, wait till the noon when the level of crowd starts tapering off.

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Which stores are open and what are the opening hours?

As reported by Prima, here is a list of opening hours for major supermarkets in the UK, for the extended Easter weekend.

Lidl Opening Hours

Good Friday, 7 April– 8am-10pm

Easter Saturday, 8 April – 8am-10pm

Easter Sunday, 9 April – CLOSED

Easter Monday, 10 April – 8am-8pm

Store opening times might vary in some cases and hence, do check your local store timing on Lidl store-finder here.

Aldi opening hours

Good Friday, 7 April– 8am-10pm

Easter Saturday, 8 April – 8am-10pm

Easter Sunday, 9 April – CLOSED

Easter Monday, 10 April – 8am-8pm

Asda opening hours

Thursday, 6 April - 7am-10pm

Good Friday, 7 April - 7am-10pm

Saturday, 8 April - 7am-10pm

Easter Sunday, 9 April - CLOSED

Easter Monday 10 April - 7am-8pm

Waitrose opening hours

On Good Friday (7 April) and Easter Monday (10 April), most Waitrose shops will be open from 8am-8pm, with some Little Waitrose shops opening from 6am-midnight.

All Waitrose shops will be open as usual on Saturday 8 April.

Most Waitrose shops in England, Scotland and Wales will close on Easter Sunday (9 April).

Tesco opening hours

The opening times of Tesco depends on whether it’s a Superstore, Metro or Express store. You should check the opening times for your local store here.

Sources used:

Prima: ‘Which supermarkets are open over the Easter weekend?’

Yorkshire Evening Post: ‘Easter 2023: Lidl reveals best times to go food shopping to avoid bank holiday queues & list of opening hours’

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