Open 24 hours

[murphytherot]

Hello, can anyone tell me why supermarkets such as tesco's/sainsbury's etc advertise 'WE OPEN 24 HOURS' but then give their opening times such as mon-fri 8am-10pm, sat/sun 9am-4pm. That's not being open 24 hours???

[thelewisgang]

Have you read the opening times correctly? Our Tesco opens at 8am on a Monday through till 10pm on a Saturday then reopens on a Sunday 10am - 4pm (opens at 9.30am for half hour browsing before staff are actually allowed to serve customers at 10am). They are only allowed to open for six hours on a Sunday due to trading laws.

[murphytherot]

What i mean is, is why don't they open for 24 hours a day, if it says 'Opens 24 hours'. That would mean that whatever time you get there, they should be open? But they're not???

[Postdog]

And why, if a shop is open 24 hours, does it have locks on the doors?

[Sammy Snake]

Tesco IS open whatever time you get there (during the week at least). If you turn up at 3:47am, they are open. Except for the period 10:00pm Saturday to 8:00am monday when they are only allowed by law to trade for 6 hours on sunday. I'm not sure whey they don't open till midnight saturday and reopen at just turned minight on Sunday.

The sign would look a bit daft with 'WE OPEN 24 HOURS EXCEPT FOT THE WEEKEND WHEN WE CLOSE AT 10:00PM SATURDAY AND ARE OPEN 6 HOURS SUNDAY BEFORE REOPENING 8:00AM MONDAY' on it!

[dzug]

Locks on doors?

By law they have to close on Easter Sunday, and may have to close in an emergency at other times.

And in some dodgy areas I guess they keep them locked at night and have someone to let customers in/out.

[madein1978]

I've been at a supermarket in the small hours, it was great, hardly a soul there, I decided to do the weeks shopping there and then, got round in 10 Minutes!!

[murphytherot]

you are not getting my point. At my local tesco on the large lit up sign it says 'OPEN 24 HOURS' but underneath it states opening times as 8am - 10pm mon-sat, 10 - 4 sunday.

How can they advertise it being open 24 hours when it clearly isn't. Now do you see my point, i can't make it any clearer. if i did go down there at 3.47am it would be closed, thanks to that guy for your answer.

[hugnie21]

I don't think anyone's missed your point. As thelewisgang says, they're open from 8am Monday until 10pm Saturday. So that is 24 hours a day during those days. And as Sammy Snake says, by law that can't apply on Sundays.