Tesco

Tesco is a multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer founded in 1919 and headquartered in the United Kingdom. It employs more than 330,000 colleagues and operates across five European markets: the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. The company grew from a London market-stall business into one of the world's largest retailers.

Retail operations span full-size supermarkets and smaller-format convenience stores, alongside online grocery shopping and delivery services. Non-food general merchandise and related services complement the grocery business. Clubcard, Tesco's customer loyalty programme, supports what the company describes as a customer-focused approach, summarised in its stated aim to "serve shoppers a little better every day".

The company states a commitment to making affordable, healthy and sustainable food available to customers, to providing value and quality, and to contributing positively to society, communities and the environment. Its stated operating footprint covers grocery retail, general merchandise retail, e-commerce and loyalty and customer services, and it refers to its employees as colleagues.