[RichardCoulter]

I don't understand the Tesco announcement. If these mid sized stores are to be converted to the format of the smaller stores, they will physically remain the same size! How can they run them with fewer staff?

Perhaps they're going to block off some of the floor space, or even demolish part of them to reduce the floor space (which would reduce the business rates).

I remember when British Steel knocked some of their buildings down & Woolworths lopped off some of their upper floors to pay less rates.