Tesco to close all meat, fish and hot deli counters across the country

Tesco is shutting down its fresh meat and fish counters across the county.

The supermarket giant has confirmed it's closing all of its remaining counters and hot delis so the space can be "repurposed to better reflect its customers’ needs".

It will be shutting down the services from Sunday.

But it confirmed all affected colleagues would be offered alternative roles.

A spokesman said: "We first announced changes to our counters back in 2019, and we’ve been reviewing them on an ongoing basis ever since.

"We have seen a significant decrease in demand for our counters over the last few years, and our customers no longer say they are a significant reason for them to come in store and shop with us.

"Instead, they are choosing to buy from our wide range of great quality products available in our aisles."

Tesco chief executive Jason Tarry said: “These are difficult decisions to make, but they are necessary to ensure we remain focused on delivering value for our customers wherever we can, as well as ensuring our store offer reflects what our customers value the most.

"Our priority is to support those colleagues impacted and help find alternative roles within our business from the vacancies and newly-created roles we have available.”