Over the years Tesco's has diversified, now selling products ranging from electronics and home products through to its traditional business of groceries
Has been able to grow globally offering a
variety of products across the world and
across different cultures
Operates in 14 markets across Europe, Asia and North America
UK, China, India, Korea, Japan, Poland, Ireland, Malaysia, Thailand,
Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Turkey and the USA
Their ambition is to be the number one supermarket for local produce
They set a target to sell £1 billion of locally sourced products by 2011
Main market in the UK
In Autumn 2006, Tesco was involved in two
scandals over the treatment of workers in
factories supplying them in Bangladesh
Channel 4 news found child
labour was being used in
four factories
The second was published by War on
Want, which alleged that wages were
as low as 5p per hour, with workers
often working 80+ hour weeks.
After a series of protests at Tesco stores claiming the company was exploiting people on jobseeker's
allowance, Tesco announced that it would pay people taken on its work experience schemes
6,612 stores
Tesco are trying to become greener by using
strategies such as: Zero-carbon stores, Carbon
labelling, Green store tours, Climate week
t-shirts, Recycling , sustainable sourced fish,
solar energy, locally produced products, carrier
bag alternatives and greener packaging etc...
Offer a wide range of
competitive benefits in
line with labour laws
and regulations
Pay at leas 75% of the cost of medical, prescription drug, dental
and vision coverage after 90 days of employment in the US
Offer tuition subsidy for the children of workers in South Korea
When Tesco expanded globally in countries such as Thailand, Hungary and the Czech
Republic it kept its usual name and branding. However when it entered the US, it named it's
stores 'Fresh & Easy Neighbourhood Market'