LC control no. | n 85105477 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Tesco (Firm) |
Variant(s) | Tesco Stores Ltd. Tesco Stores (Holdings) Ltd. Tesco Stores (Holdings) PLC Tesco PLC |
Beginning date | 1929 |
Associated country | Great Britain England |
Located | Cheshunt (England) |
Field of activity | Food industry and trade Retail trade |
Found in | Its Strategic report 2014: t.p. (Tesco PLC) Its website, viewed 29 July 2015: home p. (Tesco PLC) about p. (one of the world's largest retailers; New Tesco House Delamare Road, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire EN8 9SL) history p. (Jack Cohen began selling surplus groceries from a stall in the East End of London in 1919; in 1924, his first own-brand product was Tesco Tea, before the company was called Tesco; name comes from the initials of TE Stockwell, a partner in the firm of tea suppliers, and CO from Jack's surname; first Tesco store opened in 1929 in Burnt Oak, Edgware, north London; new head office opened in Cheshunt in 1973, called New Tesco House) SourceWatch website, viewed 29 July 2015 (Tesco; Jack Cohen opened his first store in 1929, incorporated Tesco Stores Limited in 1932, and floated the company on the stock exchange in 1947) Tomorrow's Tesco today, 1983: t.p. (Tesco plc) p.1 (Tesco Stores (Holdings) was formed as a public limited company in 1947 to acquire the share capital of Tesco Stores Ltd and J.E. Cohen & Co. Ltd, the wholsale supplier to Tesco; the company expanded rapidly from that date as a result of organic growth and a series of acquisitions) p.2 (name of the company was changed from Tesco Stores (Holdings) PLC to Tesco PLC in July 1983) Retailing and the inner city, 1980: p.1 (Tesco Stores (Holdings) Ltd.) William Low & Co., 2000: p. 1 (family business f. 1868, Dundee Scotland; acquired by Tesco nearly 130 years later; Wm. Low & Co.) LCCN 74-885784: Corina, M. Pile it high, sell ... 1971 (hdg.: Tesco Stores Ltd.; usage: Tesco) |
Associated language | eng |