Overview
- Home Bargains will close all stores on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day and shut at 5pm on Christmas Eve to give staff time off, the retailer confirmed.
- Aldi, Lidl, Waitrose, Marks & Spencer and Iceland are reported to be closed on New Year’s Day, with most reopening on January 2.
- Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons plan reduced New Year’s Day trading at many larger stores, typically around late morning openings and late‑afternoon closures.
- Most major grocers are open on Boxing Day with shorter hours of roughly 9am to 6pm, though Aldi, Lidl and most M&S stores will remain shut.
- All supermarkets are closed on Christmas Day, with limited exceptions such as some service‑station or forecourt outlets noted by individual chains.