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TESCO UNVEILS FIRST WAVE OF SALE BARGAINS

22 December 2009

Tesco will start its online sale today (Tuesday 22nd December) with amazing offers on furniture, home ware and sports products so that customers can grab some pre Christmas bargains.

Popular electrical items will follow online on Christmas Eve at 8pm and on Boxing Day Britain’s favourite retailer will open the doors of all its Extra and Homeplus stores, plus for the first time this year 55 Superstores and 8 Metros to offer bargain hunting shoppers some spectacular deals and enable them to top up on food essentials at the same time.

Christmas Day is expected to be a key time for online sales.  Last year more than a quarter of a million people logged on to Tesco Direct on Christmas Day to grab a bargain and Tesco expects these figures to increase this year.

Popular items at amazing prices will be live online at Tesco Direct today and will include:
• Half Price Denby Dinner Sets - Denby Everyday 12pcs boxed set.  Was £68.50, Save £34.25 Now £34.25
• Silentnight Anti Snore pillow single.  Was £16, Save £8 Now £8
• Silentnight Memory Foam Pillow 1 pack.  Was £20, Save £10 Now £10
• Up to Half Price off Sofas. Maine leather sofa regular, chocolate.  Was £698, Save £349, Now £349
• Up to Half Price on Karcher Pressure Washers. Karcher K2.54M Plus T50 Pressure Washer.  Was £160, Save £80, Now £80
• Save up to Half Price on Toys - Tikes Rhythm Maker Set. Was £30, Save £15, Now £15

Richard Brasher, Tesco’s Commercial and Trading Director said: “We will be offering some amazing bargains online today on furniture, home ware and sports good.  Customers will save 50 per cent on some lines and will be able to snap up a Denby dinner set for as little as £34.25.  Watch this space for our second wave of sale lines which will go live on Tesco Direct on Christmas Eve ready for the millions of customers we expect to log on to the site on Christmas Day”

As well as the 55 Superstores and the 8 Metro stores, Tesco’s 950 Express stores will also be open as usual for everyday essentials.

For further inquiries please contact the Tesco press office on 01992 644 645 or out of hours call 01992 644 733 (select option 2 from voicemail).
Further enquiries: Tesco Press Office. 01992 644 645

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