#tescometro

Tesco Metro, Bristol (August 2018)

Logo date: Tesco logo 1987-1995, Tesco Metro logo 1994-1995

Finding an old Tesco logo alive and kicking is quite the coup! Occasionally you’ll see a ghost sign appear during renovation work on an old town centre unit but for this to still exist in 2018 is remarkable, not just because of its busy, high-footfall location. 

The Metro fascia was introduced in 1994 as a new way of branding their town and city centre stores and within eighteen months was overhauled when the main Tesco logo was updated to the ubiquitous one we know today. By my calculations this logo has hung on for over 22 years, fourteen times longer than the actual logo was live. Incredible.

Update: sadly, the end came and the Bristol Metro branch was updated to new signage in early 2019.