Tesco is welcoming customers to its new Express store on Haverstock Hill in Chalk Farm.
The store opened its doors for the first time at 10am on Friday 26 January and in addition to providing 21 new jobs, brings with it food bank donations and grant funding opportunities for local good causes.
Ashton Martins, the store’s manager, said “We are delighted to be opening this new Tesco Express and welcoming customers through our doors.
“This store will be offering a fantastic range of products, from fresh food to meal deals and our bakery. We have a fantastic team of colleagues, 21 of which are newly recruited, and we look forward to getting to know the local community.
He added: “We will be participating in the Tesco’s Stronger Starts grant scheme, which awards supports schools with some extra financial help to provide healthy food and activities that boost young people’s mental and physical wellbeing. We encourage all of our customers to nominate a school or group for this amazing grant programme.”
Local schools and community groups are invited to apply for community funding through Tesco’s Stronger Starts, Tesco’s blue token voting scheme which sees three local projects voted on by customers in store every three months, with first place awarded £1,500, second place £1,000 and third place £500.
The new Express store will also participate in the Community Food Connection scheme, which redistributes surplus food to charities and community groups from every Tesco store at the end of each day.
Since its launch in 2016, the Tesco Community Food Connection Scheme has donated more than 145 million meals to charities across the UK.
This scheme is run in partnership with food redistribution charity FareShare. Each month more than one million meals’ worth of food are donated across the country.
