Tesco PLC
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Tesco PLC Company Profile

Tesco is proof of the good a little dressing up can do. The world's fourth-largest food retailer, Tesco runs more than 6,200 stores in 14 countries in Europe, Asia, and the US (under the Fresh & Easy banner). About 3,000 of its stores are in the UK where it's the #1 retailer. Built on the "pile it high, sell it cheap" creed of founder Sir Jack Cohen, Tesco abandoned its discount format, with its down-market image, for a variety of dressier midmarket formats. Its operations include supermarket, convenience, and gasoline retailing (Tesco Express), small urban stores (Tesco Metro), superstores (Tesco Extra), and financial services (Tesco Personal Finance). Tesco.com is Britain's leading Internet delivery service.