Tesco has announced plans to open several pop-up supermarkets at NHS Nightingale sites across the UK to help give NHS workers easy access to food and essential household items.
The supermarket giant has already started construction on its first dedicated Nightingale Hospital pop-up branch at the NEC in Birmingham.
It is in discussions with other temporary hospital sites, including those at London’s ExCeL centre, Manchester and Harrogate.
Details of the plans emerged after Tesco revealed it had signed up to SalutetheNHS.org, an alliance of businesses that aims to deliver meals to NHS staff on the front line battling coronavirus.
The first pop-up store is expected to be open within two weeks, with bosses in discussions with the NHS for other sites.
Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis said: "As part of our continued commitment to support and thank those in the NHS for all they are doing, we began work on Sunday on our first dedicated NHS Nightingale Hospital pop-up store, at the NEC in Birmingham.
"Following an idea from Public Health England, we will be providing NHS staff with on-site 24 hour access to the food and household products they need. Construction at the NEC started yesterday (Sunday) and we aim to be open by the end of next week."
The move comes as the UK's biggest supermarket said stock restrictions are being eased, as panic-buying slows.
Tesco has now relaxed its three per person limit on all products, except for certain items, such as toilet rolls and eggs.
It comes after both Sainsbury's and Aldi announced plans to scrap rationing guidelines in stores as stock levels started to resume normal service.
However at all supermarkets, shoppers are being managed on a one in one out style system, with customers being asked to queue two meters apart outside.
Businesses are also warning families to shop alone - with Sainsbury's imposing a ban on couples.
