With Easter Sunday just a few weeks away, it’s time to lay out your plans for the weekend – top of the list, what food you’ll be eating. The hallmarks of the springtime holiday have arrived: weather warming up, days becoming longer, and the seasonal delights from the best hot cross buns to the best Easter eggs springing up on our supermarket shelves.
Planning an Easter feast or plotting the perfect egg hunt? Either way, knowing when the supermarkets are open can save you rocking up to locked doors, especially with bank holiday hours shaking up the usual schedules.
To make things easier, we’ve rounded up the opening times for major UK supermarkets across the Easter weekend, from Good Friday through to Easter Monday. Just bear in mind that hours can vary by location, with smaller convenience stores often running different schedules – so it’s worth double-checking your local branch before you set off.
Tesco
- Good Friday: 6am-10pm (England, Wales and Isle of Man); open as normal (Scotland and Northern Ireland); 6am-10pm (large Express stores); open as normal (standard Express stores)
- Easter Saturday: No changes announced
- Easter Sunday: Closed (England, Wales and Northern Island); 8am-10pm (Isle Of Man); open as normal (Scotland); closed (large Express stores); open as normal (standard Express stores)
- Easter Monday: 8am-6pm (England, Wales & Isle of Man); 8am-8pm (Northern Ireland); open as normal (Scotland). 8am - 6pm (large Express stores); open as normal (standard Express stores)
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Aldi
- Good Friday: 8am- 9pm
- Easter Saturday: 8am and 9pm
- Easter Sunday: Closed
- Easter Monday: 8am and 8pm
Asda
- Good Friday: 7am-10pm
- Easter Saturday: 7am-10pm
- Easter Sunday: Closed
- Easter Monday: 8am-10pm
Co-Op
- Good Friday: 7am-10pm
- Easter Saturday: 7am- 10pm
- Easter Sunday: Closed; 7am-10pm (convenience stores)
- Easter Monday: 7am to 10pm.
M&S
M&S advises customers to check individual stores, but we can expect something similar to last year:
- Good Friday: 8am-8pm
- Easter Saturday: No changes announced
- Easter Sunday: Closed
- Easter Monday: 8am-8pm
Morrisons
- Good Friday: Opening hours vary but the vast majority will be open between 7am-10pm
- Easter Saturday: No changes announced
- Easter Sunday: Closed (England and Wales), open as normal (Scotland)
- Easter Monday: 7am-8pm (England and Wales), open as normal (Scotland)
Waitrose
- Good Friday: Open with reduced hours (last year this was generally 8am-8pm)
- Easter Saturday: No changes announced
- Easter Sunday: Closed, with a select number of Little Waitrose stores open
- Easter Monday: Open with reduced hours (last year this was generally 8am-8pm)
Iceland
- Good Friday: Normal trading hours, with exception of shopping centre stores
- Easter Saturday: Normal trading hours
- Easter Sunday: Closed, except stores in Scotland
- Easter Monday: Normal trading hours, with exception of shopping centre stores
Sainsbury’s
- Good Friday: 7am-11pm, normal trading hours (convenience stores)
- Easter Saturday: 7am-11pm, normal trading hours (convenience stores)
- Easter Sunday: Closed, open as normal (Scotland)
- Easter Monday: 8am-8pm, normal trading hours (convenience stores)
Lidl
- Good Friday: Open as normal (England and Wales), 9am to 10pm (Scotland)
- Easter Saturday: Open as normal
- Easter Sunday: Closed, open as normal (Scotland)
- Easter Monday: Opening hours will vary across the country which can be checked via the online store finder
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