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Tesco: the UK biggest supermarket
COMPANY PROFILE

Tesco PLC
PUBLICATION DATE: 7 Feb 2013 www.marketline.com COPYRIGHT MARKETLINE. THIS CONTENT IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OR DISTRIBUTED.

Tesco PLC
TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Company Overview..............................................................................................3
Key Facts...............................................................................................................3
Business Description...........................................................................................4
History...................................................................................................................6
Key Employees...................................................................................................11
Key Employee Biographies................................................................................12
Major Products and Services............................................................................19
Revenue Analysis...............................................................................................20
SWOT Analysis...................................................................................................21
Top Competitors.................................................................................................29
Company View.....................................................................................................30
Locations and Subsidiaries...............................................................................33

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Tesco PLC
Company Overview

COMPANY OVERVIEW
Tesco PLC (Tesco or ‘the company’) is a food and grocery retailer. The company primarily operates in Europe and Asia. It is headquartered in Hertfordshire, the UK, and employed 519,671 people, on an average, in FY2012.
The company recorded revenues of £64,539 million (approximately
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