Tesco

Tesco

British multinational retailer

Tesco plc is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in the United Kingdom at its head offices in Welwyn Garden City, England. The company was founded by Sir Jack Cohen in Hackney, London, in 1919. In 2011, it was the third-largest retailer in the world measured by gross revenues and the ninth-largest in the world measured by revenues. It is the market leader of groceries in the UK. As well as the United Kingdom, Tesco has stores in Czechia, Ireland, Slovakia, the Isle of Man and Hungary.

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Tesco introduces QR codes

Tesco introduces QR codes Tesco is the first UK supermarket to ditch traditional barcodes for QR codes on its own-brand products.