Tesco

Tesco Express – Nationwide Refurbishment Programme

Overview

Tesco Express requires a fit-out partner capable of supporting a fast paced, national refurbishment programme across its convenience estate. With stores trading in high footfall urban and suburban locations, works needed to be completed quickly, safely and with minimal disruption.

RMS has supported Tesco Express for over 15 years, providing nationwide coverage for rolling refurbishments, format refreshes and in-store enhancements.

Summary

  • Fast turnaround Express refurbishments nationwide
  • Overnight and short duration delivery windows
  • Fixture changes, layout updates and merchandising
  • Impact protection, signage and flooring works
  • Minimised disruption to trading

The Solution

RMS deployed multi-disciplinary skilled teams nationwide, delivering works including:

  • Full store fit outs
  • Signage and impact protection installation
  • Fixture installation, reconfiguration and removal
  • Merchandising, planogram updates and category resets
  • Full store layout refresh with coordinated trades

Delivery Approach

Tesco Express projects require tight overnight and short duration windows, with many stores trading again within hours of works being completed. RMS teams operated with precision across geographically dispersed sites to keep the programme on track.

Our approach included:

  • Night works scheduling to minimise trading interruption
  • Coordinated trade teams for condensed timelines
  • Site by site risk planning and compliance
  • Real time programme monitoring for national visibility

With strict overnight or early morning work schedules and accurate execution across tight store footprints, the challenge was to maintain pace without compromising quality, safety or store readiness.

Outcome

RMS delivered consistent, high quality refurbishments across the Express estate, enabling Tesco to maintain a modernised, customer ready convenience format without impacting daily operations. Our long-term partnership continues to underpin Tesco’s Express refresh strategy across the UK.