Aldi and Primark among retailers closing for Queen’s funeral
by Rupert Jones and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#63HS9)
UK stores not required to shut on 19 September and some may instead opt to open for reduced bank holiday hours
Retailers including Aldi, John Lewis, Waitrose, Primark and Homebase are to shut their stores on the day of the Queen's state funeral - while Morrisons has made its checkouts' beeps quieter and turned off tannoys.
Aldi said as a mark of respect its 970 UK stores would be closed on Monday 19 September to allow our store colleagues to pay tribute to Her Majesty the Queen".
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