Tesco

As a leading retailer, with 450,000 colleagues, we serve millions of customers every week, in our stores and online.

In 1919, Tesco’s founder Jack Cohen, fresh from serving in the Royal Flying Corps in World War I, took his £30 demob money and bought armed forces surplus stock to sell from a stall in Well Street Market, Hackney. It was the first day of 100 years of great value. The business Jack built was famed for making food available to everyone, at a time when many families couldn’t afford food sold in shops.
From giving shoppers something for nothing with Green Shield stamps, bringing self-service supermarkets to Britain, and later, iconic promotions like Operation Checkout and Clubcard, Tesco continued to deliver great value at every turn.
Life in Britain has changed a lot since Jack made his first sale but today, serving shoppers better still starts with selling great quality food at affordable prices. But great value is about more than great prices – it’s what’s good for our colleagues, supplier partners, and the communities our colleagues and customers live in, too.