Tesco Logo — Tesco is a British, represented worldwide supermarket chain . Tesco is the largest retailer in the UK and the fourth largest in the world behind Wal-Mart ( USA ), Carrefour ( France ) and Metro ( Germany ). The name came about after the entrepreneur Jack Cohen 1924 a large quantity of tea from TE Stockwell had bought. He designed new labels for the tea, which is the name for it from the initials of the supplier (TES), followed by the first two letters of his own surname (CO) put together.
In 2003 the chain was honored for having to Aldi and Lidl supermarket offers the most efficient in Europe. Particular emphasis in this study was that it, unlike many competitors, Tesco managed in all areas of price and quality scale private brands to establish.
Tesco operates supermarkets in the UK in 2715 and employs about 496 000 employees. Outside of the UK, the chain in Poland with 381 in Ireland with 130, in Slovakia , with 97 in the Czech Republic with 158 in Hungary to 205 in the United States with 164 (fresh & easy), in Turkey with 121 in South Korea with 354 in Thailand, represented by 782 (Tesco Lotus), and in other Asian countries with 283 branches (as of 2011). In total, Tesco operates the world markets 5390.