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Tesco u-turn on school pupil restrictions
Tesco has scrapped controversial restrictions imposed on local school pupils at its Tring Road store in Aylesbury.
The supermarket introduced rules allowing only small numbers of pupils to enter the store earlier this month, having previously ordered students to use the self-service checkouts rather than cashiers.
They said the policy was designed to ease store congestion during the busy lunch time period.
But the new rules caused outrage amongst sixthformers at nearby Aylesbury Grammar and Aylesbury High schools, who claimed they were unfair.
A letter criticising the move has received more than 170 comments on The Bucks Herald website.
Yesterday (Tuesday), representatives from AGS and The High met with Tesco bosses to resolve the issue.
In a joint statement, the two schools said: "A decision has been made to permit students, as with any customer, to use any available till in the store and a policy of restricting entry has been dropped.
"It has been agreed to maintain a better line of communication between the local schools and Tesco and we aim to work together in order to resolve issues amicably in the future.
"We look forward to a further meeting in September to review the situation and maintain an open dialogue. We would like to thank Tesco for their co-operation in this matter and are very pleased with the outcome of the meeting."
The statement added that Tesco had 'acknowledged' there had been a 'problem' with the new rules and had 'apologised unreservedly'.
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