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Need to know: Tesco to make important change in UK stores
- Tesco is set to make a significant change in UK stores. It will mark the end of an era for lovers of UK supermarkets used to certain traditions.
- The retailer will ditch traditional paper price tags in favour of digital displays across 3,000 UK stores over the next two years.
- The supermarket giant will roll out electronic shelf labels that can be updated instantly from central systems, marking the end of an era for paper pricing.
- Trials will begin at four stores before expanding nationwide, with Chinese tech firm Hanshow leading the deployment following successful tests at Royston and St Neots branches.
- Hanshow called the rollout “a new milestone in digital store transformation” and said it would “help simplify daily store operations for associates, enable them to spend more time serving customers, and support Tesco’s sustainability ambitions.”
- The move follows similar digital pricing rollouts by rivals including Morrisons, Lidl, Co-op, Waitrose, Asda and Sainsbury’s as supermarkets modernise their operations.
- Tesco’s UK operations managing director Kevin Tindall said the technology would help bring stores into the modern age while freeing up colleagues to spend more time helping customers.
- READ THE FULL STORY: Tesco announces plan for change to shelves at up to 3,000 UK stores in end of an era
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