Tesco 1996/97 UK opening programme: Sales area (sq ft) _________________________________ Ashford, Middlesex 39,500 Ashford Park Farm, Kent 26,500 Aviemore 9,500 Bangor 32,500 Barkingside 32,000 Birmingham 18,000 Braintree 18,000 Bury St Edmonds 29,500 Cupar 13,000 Ebbw Vale 32,500 Faversham 22,500 Havant 26,000 Llandudno 32,000 March 23,000 Newport 32,000 Oban 34,500 Penzance 21,000 Pinner Green 21,000 Potters Bar 25,000 Princes Risborough 12,500 Sheffield 40,500 Metro Belfast 11,000 Cheapside 8,500 Dundee 12,000 Manchester 16,500 Express Acton 2,300 Balham 2,300 Croydon 1,500 Ilford 1,600 Islington 1,700 New Barnet 2,300 Stockwell 2,300 _________________________________ Total sales area (32 stores) 603,000 _________________________________

Tesco 1997/98 UK opening programme: Sales area (sq ft) _________________________________ Ammanford 16,500 Bury 49,500 Cambridge 38,000 Droylesden 22,000 Feltham 38,500 Gloucester 39,000 Halifax 26,500 Holyhead 26,500 Hook 13,000 Inverness 39,000 Kidsgrove, nr Stoke 25,500 Ledbury 13,000 Milford Haven 16,500 Sevenoaks 40,000 Shepton Mallet 16,500 St Austell 26,500 Stow on the Wold 13,000 Sutton 40,000 Uttoxeter 26,500 Wokingham 28,000 Metro Bishopsgate 13,000 Leicester 10,000 Plymouth 10,000 Southend 9,500 _________________________________ Total sales area (24 stores) 596,500 _________________________________ A further two Express stores will be opened.