Plans to open a Tesco Express shop in Douglas town centre are progressing.
Proposals for the new store will be shown at an exhibition on Thursday, April 23.
The convenience store would be located in the former home of the Manx Electricity Authority in The Strand Centre – which has been empty since 2012.
The public exhibition is being held at the vacant shop unit on April 23 from 2pm until 7pm.
As well as viewing information about the planned store, residents will be able to discuss the proposals with members of the project team working for the {http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/mar/24/tesco-faces-us-lawsuit-over-profit-overstatement|troubled} retailer.
The Douglas Tesco Express store would be the company’s second shop in the island.
Its attempt to {http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/business/tesco-have-no-plans-to-pursue-plan-to-open-store-in-castletown-1-7134484|open in Castletown was thwarted} over licensing issues and {http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/tesco-extension-plan-refused-1-1747499|an attempt to expand the Lake Road shop} was denied.
Tesco employs more than 290 people at its Douglas supermarket, which opened 15 years ago.
Supermarket critics {http://www.foe.co.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/tesco_every_little_hurts.pdf|claim} that big shops such as Tesco kill off more jobs than they create because of their impact on smaller businesses.
The Lake Road store, which is one of Tesco’s busiest, raised over £12,000 last year for charities and groups in the island and it claims it works with a growing number of Isle of Man suppliers.
However, it supplies far fewer Manx products than its principal island rival, Shoprite.
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