It's bad enough getting a wonky trolley wheel, but the biggest bugbear of the weekly supermarket trip has to be those maddening revolving doors.

A shopper uses the revolving door at Tesco, Clifton Moor, today

A sign gives notice of the changes

Their unpredictable stop-start behaviour is so irritating that it could be one reason for trolley rage - but not for much longer.

Tesco's supermarkets at Clifton Moor and Askham Bar, York, have seen the error of their "entrance engineering".

And in line with the chain's other stores, they are removing the offending doors.

And the reason? Over the last 10 years the revolving door has been the source of Tesco's single main customer complaint.

"On average we get about 20 complaints a week," said non-food trading manager Martin Grange, of the Clifton Moor store.

"I think the most annoying thing for people is that the doors just stop all of a sudden.

"What usually happens is that if too many people squeeze into the compartments it triggers off the sensors.

"At the beginning it seemed to serve its purpose, but now I think most customers find it frustrating and complicated. "

He added that all the stores throughout the country were now starting to remove the doors and the York stores were expecting to be revolving door-free in about three weeks.

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