TESCO:

"In 1919, Jack Cohen founded Tesco, when he began to sell surplus groceries from a stall in the East End of London. His first day’s profit was £1.

1924 saw the first own-brand product sold by Jack was Tesco Tea – before the company was called Tesco. The name comes from the initials of TE Stockwell, who was a partner in the firm of tea suppliers, and CO from Jack’s surname.

Jack Cohen opened his first Tesco store in Burnt Oak, Edgware, North London in 1929.

Tesco is one of the world's leading international retailers. Since the company first used the trading name of Tesco, in the mid 1920s, the group has expanded into different formats, different markets and different sectors.

The principal activity of the group is food retailing, with over 2,000 stores worldwide.

Tesco has a long term strategy for growth, based on four key parts: growth in the Core UK business, to expand by growing internationally, to be as strong in non-food as in food and to follow customers into new retailing services.

Tesco brings you Tesco.com one of the UK’s leading online retailers. Categories include: Electricals, Grocery, Books, Entertainment, Tesco Jersey (the discount CD and DVD store), Wines, Flowers, Contact Lenses, DVD Rentals, eDiets, Duel Fuel, Gas Switch, Electric Switch, Digital Downloads."

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