A major supermarket chain has apologised to a Buckinghamshire town after spelling its name wrong ahead of its grand opening.

It comes after Tesco erected a sign at its Denmark Street store in High Wycombe which read ‘Hello High Wycome’.

The mistake was quickly spotted by members of the public on Tuesday, February 3.

The error was eventually covered with plastic sheets, which led to the sign saying ‘Hello High’, before it was fully removed.

A Tesco spokesperson said: “We apologise for this oversight and look forward to welcoming customers back to the new and improved High Wycombe store when it reopens in Spring.”

The sign will be replaced with the correct spelling of High Wycombe in due course.

It comes as the branch in the South Buckinghamshire town prepares for its grand reopening, which is due to take place in the spring of this year.

The store initially closed in October 2024 after it was confirmed that the two-storey building would be converted into two separate sections.

The ground floor will be used by Tesco, while the top floor will be used to store the official county archives.

The archives had been currently stored at Buckinghamshire Council’s Walton Street offices in Aylesbury, but the rooms housing the documents and artefacts – some of which are 800 years old – have reached capacity.

The move is to allow the upper floors of the Tesco building to be repurposed into council offices and as the new home of the county archives, while the bottom floor will remain a supermarket.

A spokesperson for Tesco said: “We’re always looking for the best ways to serve local communities and we’re excited to be re-opening our High Wycombe Superstore in Spring 2026.

“We look forward to welcoming customers back to the new and improved store.”

After the initial store closed at the back end of 2024, a Tesco Express opened inside the Eden Shopping Centre as a temporary measure.

The latter is still open to this day and is frequently used by the public.

No exact date has been given for when the supermarket will reopen.