Big supermarket to close doors for Easter – find out opening times near you

ANOTHER supermarket is closing over the long Easter weekend.

Morrisons will pull down shutters on its England and Wales stores on Easter Sunday, April 9, while its Scotland branches will remain open as normal.

All its stores will be open between 7am and 10pm on Good Friday, April 7, and 7am to 8pm on April 10, Easter Monday.

Meanwhile, stores will be operating their normal opening hours on April 8.

It's common practice for supermarkets to close larger stores over the Easter weekend.

Under government rules, any shops in England and Wales larger than 280 square metres have to close on Easter Sunday and Christmas Day.

Plus, shops of the same size can open on Sundays normally, but only for six consecutive hours between 10am and 6pm.

But smaller convenience stores don't have to.

A Morrisons spokesperson said the majority of its smaller convenience stores will be open on Easter Sunday.

Those in shopping centres will be open though.

Of course, opening hours across the larger stores might vary from store to store, so it's worth checking what time your nearest branch will be open.

You can do this by going on the Morrisons' store locator on its website and typing in either your postcode or the area you live.

It will then tell where your nearest shop is.

Two other supermarkets have already revealed what their opening hours will be over the Easter bank holiday.

Aldi is closing all its England and Wales stores on Easter Sunday.

The retailer said branches will be open between 8am and 10pm on Good Friday, 8am to 10pm on Easter Saturday and 8am to 8pm on Easter Monday.

Meanwhile, Sainsbury's will pull down shutters on 600 big stores in England and Wales on Easter Sunday too.

A number of retailers shut up shop last year too, including Morrisons which closed all its branches across Easter Sunday.

On Easter Monday, the majority of its branches were open between 7am and 8pm. Some were open until 10pm.

Aldi pulled down shutters across its stores last year while stores remained open on Good Friday, Easter Saturday and Easter Monday.

The chain was joined by a number of other supermarkets doing the same.

Co-op closed its larger outlets on Easter Sunday while the smaller convenience stores were operating normal opening hours.

Tesco closed its larger stores on Easter Sunday and reopened them on Easter Monday, although opening hours varied from branch to branch.

Larger Sainsbury's stores were open on Easter Sunday too but opening hours varied. All stores reopened as normal on Easter Monday.

Meanwhile, Lidl's opening hours on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday varied as customers were told to check their nearest stores' opening hours.