The West Durrington Extra store was evacuated on Saturday evening (August 29) following the outage.
An eye-witness told this newspaper, shortly before 10pm, that shoppers had been evacuated, with both the store and petrol station affected
Customers arrived at the store on Sunday to find the closure was still in place – but the Costa Coffee café remained open for business. .
A Tesco spokesperson said, at 11.45am: “Our West Durrington Extra store is currently closed due to a power cut affecting the local area, and engineers are working hard to reopen it as soon as possible.
"We apologise for the inconvenience caused by this temporary closure.”
Tesco confirmed at 3.10pm that the store had reopened, and was serving customers ‘as normal’.
The spokesperson added: We apologise for the inconvenience."
1. Supermarket shut after power outage
The Tesco store in Durrington was forced to close after a power cut, with the petrol station also impacted by the outage Photo: Sussex News and Pictures
2. Supermarket shut after power outage
The Tesco store in Durrington was forced to close after a power cut, with the petrol station also impacted by the outage Photo: Sussex News and Pictures
3. Supermarket shut after power outage
The Tesco store in Durrington was forced to close after a power cut, with the petrol station also impacted by the outage Photo: Sussex News and Pictures