Editing Tesco (section)

===Operations===
The following table shows the number of stores, total store size in area, and sales for Tesco's international operations. The store numbers and floor area figures are {{as of|2012|4|18|alt=for April 2012}}.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tescoplc.com/files/pdf/results/2012/prelim/prelims_2011-12_analystpack.pdf |title= 2011/12 Preliminary Results analyst pack |access-date= 18 April 2012 |archive-date= 21 May 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120521203641/http://www.tescoplc.com/files/pdf/results/2012/prelim/prelims_2011-12_analystpack.pdf |url-status= live }}&nbsp;{{small|(92&nbsp;KB)}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto"
|-
! Country
! Entered
! Stores
! data-sort-type="number" | Area (m<sup>2</sup> (sq ft))
! data-sort-type="number" | Mean store area (m<sup>2</sup> (sq ft))
! data-sort-type="number" | +/- stores <br /> 2015/16
|-
| Czech Republic
| 1996
| 322
| 538,559 (5,797,000)
| 1,673 (18,003)
| 3 | {{decrease}} 3
|-
| Hungary
| 1994
| [[List of supermarket chains in Hungary|206]]
| 678,285 (7,301,000)
| 3,202 (34,439)
| 2 | {{decrease}} 2
|-
| Ireland
| 1997
| 148
| 319,586 (3,440,000)
| 2,333 (25,109)
| 1 | {{decrease}} 1
|-
| Slovakia
| 1996
| [[List of supermarket chains in Slovakia|154]]
| 336,959 (3,627,000)
| 2,808 (30,225)
| 7 | {{decrease}} 7
|-
| United Kingdom
| 1919
| 3,433
| 3,585,314 (38,592,000)
| 1,205 (12,972)
| 27 | {{decrease}} 27
|- class="sortbottom" style="background:#efefef;"
| '''Total (not including UK)'''
|
| '''3,120'''
| '''6,851,321 (73,747,000)'''
| '''Mean: 2,029 (21,844)'''
| 84 | {{increase}} 84
|- class="sortbottom" style="background:#efefef;"
| '''Total (including UK)'''
|
| '''6,553'''
| '''10,436,635 (112,339,000)'''
| '''Mean: 1,643 (17,688)'''
| 57 | {{increase}} 57
|}

====Czech Republic====
[[File:Tesco express prague - belehradska street.jpg|right|thumb|A local Tesco Express, known as Tesco Expres in Belehradska Street, [[Prague]], Czech Republic]]
Tesco expanded to the Czech Republic in 1996 when they purchased [[Kmart]]'s local operations for $117.5 million and rebranded the stores as Tesco.<ref name="nyt-1996mar06">{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=March 6, 1996 |title=Kmart Plans to Sell Czech And Slovak Stores |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/06/business/company-news-kmart-plans-to-sell-czech-and-slovak-stores.html?pagewanted=all |access-date=January 22, 2018 |archive-date=January 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122235008/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/06/business/company-news-kmart-plans-to-sell-czech-and-slovak-stores.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ct-1996mar05">{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=March 5, 1996 |title=Kmart quits Czech and Slovak republics: Kmart Corp. is... |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/03/05/kmart-quits-czech-and-slovak-republics-kmart/ |access-date=January 22, 2018 |archive-date=January 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122181631/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-03-05/news/9603060157_1_kmart-corp-floyd-hall-slovak |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2005, Tesco expanded its operations in the country by purchasing [[Carrefour]]'s local operations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/decisions/m3905_20051222_20310_en.pdf|title=Case No COMP/M.3905 – Tesco / Carrefour (Czech Republic and Slovakia)|publisher=European Commission|access-date=16 March 2025}}</ref>

Tesco has been a market leader within the Czech Republic and is one of the largest supermarket chains in the country, operating over 322 stores by 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tescopoly.org/country/czech-republic|title=Czech Republic|access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref> upwards of 300 by 2007.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.tescocorporate.com/images/annual_review_and_sfs_2007_0.pdf |title=Tesco Annual Review 2007 |publisher=Tesco PLC |date=21 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926153759/http://www.tescocorporate.com/images/annual_review_and_sfs_2007_0.pdf |archive-date=26 September 2013 }}</ref> Tesco is also keen to expand non-food items and has already opened petrol stations and offers personal finance services in the Czech Republic.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://en.itesco.cz/en_cz/services
 |title       = Tesco Services
 |publisher   = Tesco Czechia
 |date        = 21 April 2008
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090514055504/http://en.itesco.cz/en_cz/services
 |archive-date = 14 May 2009
 |df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref>

==== Hungary ====
[[File:Tesco Kőszeg.JPG|thumb|right|Tesco store at [[Kőszeg]], Hungary with Statue of [[Fire Salamander]], 2011]]
Tesco entered Hungary in 1994 when the company purchased the Győr-based chain S-Market.<ref>https://issuu.com/industryeurope/docs/v26-5/s/14475172</ref> Currently, Tesco operates through more than 200 stores in Hungary with further openings planned.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> Tesco Hungary also offers a clothing line and personal finance services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tesco.hu/tpp-main.php?cmssessid=T62c0c8b798583512629bddae51a154bad5f2f0682cea9b6a2185c8ab4d78185 |title=Tesco Services |publisher=Tesco Hungary |date=21 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724161013/http://tesco.hu/tpp-main.php?cmssessid=T62c0c8b798583512629bddae51a154bad5f2f0682cea9b6a2185c8ab4d78185 |archive-date=24 July 2012 }}
</ref>

==== Slovakia ====
[[File:Tesco Kamenné námestie.jpg|thumb|Tesco in [[Bratislava]], Slovakia, 2008]]
Much like in the Czech Republic, Tesco entered the Slovakian market in 1996 by purchasing [[Kmart]]'s local operations.<ref name="nyt-1996mar06"/><ref name="ct-1996mar05"/>

Tesco Slovakia caused controversy amongst the Slovak government when it was found to have come foul of [[food safety laws]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cee-foodindustry.com/news/ng.asp?id=67411-tesco-cee-slovakia |title=Tesco falls foul of Slovak government |publisher=cee food industry |date=2 May 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060625093529/http://cee-foodindustry.com/news/ng.asp?id=67411-tesco-cee-slovakia |archive-date=25 June 2006 }}</ref>

In April 2010 the first Tesco Extra in Central Europe opened in [[Bratislava]] – [[Petržalka]], Slovakia as part of a pilot project for Tesco in the region, including the first self-service cash flow in Central Europe. There are currently seven Tesco Extra stores in Slovakia – three in Bratislava and one each in [[Zvolen]], [[Trnava]], [[Banská Bystrica]] and [[Spišská Nová Ves]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://tesco.sk/akciove-ponuky/letaky-a-katalogy/zoznam-predajni/|title=Tesco obchody na Slovensku |publisher=tesco slovakia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://corporate.itesco.sk/tlacova-sprava.html?id=302 |title=First Tesco Extra in East of Slovakia|publisher=tesco slovakia |date=22 February 2012|access-date=22 June 2012|archive-date=20 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520130125/http://corporate.itesco.sk/tlacova-sprava.html?id=302 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Ireland ====
{{Main|Tesco Ireland}}
Tesco first operated in the Irish grocery market in the early 1980s, selling its operations there in March 1986.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Tesco withdraws from Ireland |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Newspapers |date=27 March 1986}}</ref> Tesco re-entered the Irish market in 1997 after the purchase of Power Supermarkets Ltd. It now operates from 154 stores across Ireland. Like Tesco stores in the UK, these offer a home delivery shopping service available to 80% of the Irish population as well as petrol, mobile telephone, personal finance, flower delivery service, and a weight-loss programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tesco.ie/online-shopping-ireland.html |title=Food and Grocery Shopping, Tesco Ireland |publisher=Tesco Ireland |date=21 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321085151/http://www.tesco.ie/online-shopping-ireland.html |archive-date=21 March 2009 }}</ref> Tesco's loyalty programme, Clubcard, is offered in the country. Tesco had approximately 21% of the Irish grocery market in 2019 and its main competitors are [[Dunnes Stores]] and [[SuperValu (Ireland)|SuperValu]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ireland: Grocery market share 2019|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/534106/grocery-market-share-ireland/|access-date=6 April 2021|website=Statista|language=en|archive-date=2 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202215953/https://www.statista.com/statistics/534106/grocery-market-share-ireland/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Tesco Ireland claims to be the largest purchaser of Irish food with an estimated €1.5&nbsp;billion annually. Tesco Ireland operates a number of Tesco Extra hypermarkets in Ireland, with Clarehall Extra on the [[R107 road|Malahide Road]] being the first to open in 2006. Tesco's largest hypermarket store in Europe, with a floorspace of {{convert|18500|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}, opened in [[Dundalk]] in [[County Louth]] in November 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tesco.ie/corporate_info/abouttesco.htm |title=About Tesco Ireland |publisher=Tesco Ireland |access-date=28 May 2006 |archive-date=27 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427002058/http://www.tesco.ie/corporate_info/abouttesco.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

The country's [[newspaper of record]] the ''[[Irish Times]]'' in April 2011 said that "Increasingly, Ireland is being viewed as a provincial backwater by the parent company – albeit a very profitable little backwater – and all the strategic decisions are being taken in the UK.<ref>{{cite news|title=Every little helps Tesco improve its bottom line|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2011/0401/1224293541885.html|access-date=26 August 2012|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=4 April 2011|author=The Irish Times}}</ref>

In 2008 Tesco opened its first eco store in Tramore, County Waterford. It is expected to use 45% less energy than other Tesco supermarkets of similar size.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tesco.ie/press/Tramore.html |title=Tesco Ireland Media Centre |publisher=Tesco.ie |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref>

==== Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar ====
Tesco supplies six stores in Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar that operate under the name "The Food Co.". Operations started in 2019 with the first store opening in Puerto de Mazarrón located in the Murcia province of Spain. One other store opened in the Algarve, Portugal in 2019 followed by four more in 2020, in Gibraltar, Ibiza, Mijas (Málaga), and Quesada (Alicante). All 7,500 products stocked originate from Britain. The Web site stated in 2020 "With more stores coming in Spain & Portugal", but had not been updated {{As of|2023|9|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://www.thefoodco.es/about-us|date=25 February 2020<!--from page source-->|access-date=7 January 2021|website=The Food Co.|archive-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925222055/https://www.thefoodco.es/about-us|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== India ====
Tesco has had a limited presence in India with a service centre in [[Bangalore]], and outsourcing.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Tesco-raises-sourcing-from-India-to--230-m/712253/
 |title=Tesco raises sourcing from India to £230 m
 |work=The Financial Express
 |date=17 November 2010
|access-date=20 December 2010
|archive-date=27 September 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927150239/http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Tesco-raises-sourcing-from-India-to--230-m/712253
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref> In 2008 Tesco announced its intention to invest an initial £60m ([[US$]]115m) to open a wholesale cash-and-carry business based in Mumbai with the assistance of the [[Tata Group]].<ref>{{cite news
 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7555530.stm
 |title=Tesco planning venture in India
 |work=BBC News
 |date=12 August 2008
|access-date=29 December 2010
|archive-date=20 October 2010
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020111437/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7555530.stm
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref> In 2014, the joint venture between Tesco and Tata was confirmed, where investment by the earlier was reportedly 140 million dollars, thus becoming the first foreign supermarket to enter the country. The stores operate under the banner Star Bazaar and Star Daily supermarkets.<ref>{{cite news|author=James Davey|title=Tesco confirms joint venture with Tata in India|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesco-india-idUSBREA2K0U020140321|publisher=Reuters India|date=21 March 2014|language=en-IN|archive-date=20 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620141723/http://in.reuters.com/article/tesco-india-tata-idINDEEA2K0A920140321|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Pakistan ====

On 16 February 2017 Tesco announced a wholesale partnership with Limestone Private Limited, owner of the Alpha Superstores chain. This involved an exclusive partnership which would see Tesco products stocked across Alpha Supermarket stores within Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-pakistan-tesco-idUKKBN15V1DM
 |title=Tesco tests waters in Pakistan with Alpha Supermarkets tie-up
 |work=Reuters
 |date=16 February 2017
|access-date=27 February 2017
|archive-date=27 February 2017
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227233315/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-pakistan-tesco-idUKKBN15V1DM
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref>