A petition has been sent to Tesco boss Dave Lewis as the battle to save Kirkcaldy’s branch rages on.
More than 4,300 people signed the petition, which warns that the closure will have a devastating effect on the town centre.
Though the supermarket giant has insisted the Hunter Street outlet will close with the loss of 189 jobs the campaign to keep it open continues.
It is hoped that by the time Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath MP Gordon Brown and Fife Council leader councillor David Ross meet chief executive Mr Lewis on Monday, he will have seen the 145-page document urging him to reverse the decision.
Kirkcaldy East councillor Marie Penman, who started the petition online, said: “This store means a lot to the people of Kirkcaldy, particularly those who rely on public transport to do their shopping.
“I’ve shopped in Tesco all my life and, like thousands of other people, just can’t imagine the town without it here.”
Around 2,000 signatures were collected within the first 24 hours of the petition being set up.
It has so many pages that Mrs Penman decided to print and post it to Tesco headquarters in Hertfordshire, to emphasise the strength of feeling, rather than just emailing a link to it.
She said: “It used up all the ink in my printer after just 40 pages so, ironically, my husband had to nip down to Tesco to buy a new cartridge at 9.30pm.
“It’s for things like that that we need Tesco in Kirkcaldy.”
Last Saturday scores of people joined a Valentine’s Day rally in Kirkcaldy’s Town Square to urge Tesco to “have a heart”.
However, on the eve of the protest, the firm issued a statement confirming its intent to shut up shop in April.
It read: “It is with great sadness that we have to move forward with our plans to close the store.”
The branch is one of 43 unprofitable stores Tesco announced it would close in the wake of two years of falling profits.