Editing Tesco (section)

===Tesco===
====Hypermarkets====
[[File:Tesco Extra in Bangor - geograph.org.uk - 5049621.jpg|thumb|Tesco Extra store in [[Bangor, Gwynedd]], Wales, 2015]]
Tesco Extra shops are larger, mainly out-of-town [[hypermarkets]] that stock nearly all of Tesco's product ranges, although some are in the heart of town centres and inner-city locations. The largest shop in England by floor space is Tesco Extra in [[Walkden]], with {{convert|185500|sqft|m2|order=flip}} of floor space.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aewarchitects.com/tesco-walkden/ |title=AEW Architects |publisher=AEW Architects |access-date=16 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522162853/http://www.aewarchitects.com/tesco-walkden/ |archive-date=22 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In common with other towns, such as [[Warrington]],<ref>{{cite web |first1=Dave |last1=Sparks |url=http://www.loverugbyleague.com/club/warrington-wolves/ground-guide/ |title=Warrington Wolves &#124; Halliwell Jones Stadium Ground Guide |publisher=Loverugbyleague.com |date=14 April 2013 |access-date=18 April 2013 |archive-date=18 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418153226/http://www.loverugbyleague.com/club/warrington-wolves/ground-guide |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[St Helens, Merseyside|St Helens]] shop, which at {{convert|140000|sqft|m2|order=flip|abbr=on}} is one of the biggest in England, was developed on the same site as the town's new rugby league stadium.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barr-construction.co.uk/projects-and-case-studies/stadium-design-and-construction/new-st-helens-rugby-league-stadium/ |title=New St Helens Rugby League Stadium |publisher=Barr-construction.co.uk |date=23 August 2010 |access-date=18 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610001615/http://www.barr-construction.co.uk/projects-and-case-studies/stadium-design-and-construction/new-st-helens-rugby-league-stadium/ |archive-date=10 June 2013 }}</ref>

====Supermarkets====
[[File:Tesco supermarket at Holm, Inverness - geograph.org.uk - 4428014.jpg|thumb|Tesco supermarket in [[Holm, Inverness]], Scotland, 2015]]
Tesco Superstores are standard large supermarkets, stocking groceries and a much smaller range of non-food goods than Extra hypermarkets. The shops have always been branded as 'Tesco', but a new shop in [[Liverpool]] was the first to use the format brand 'Tesco Superstore' above the door.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.retail-week.com/Stores/2009/02/tesco_launches_superstore_format_at_liverpool_one_piling_pressure_on_nonfood_ri.html| work=Retail Week| title=First shop to be branded 'Tesco Superstore'| access-date=13 February 2009| archive-date=16 February 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216113507/http://www.retail-week.com/Stores/2009/02/tesco_launches_superstore_format_at_liverpool_one_piling_pressure_on_nonfood_ri.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

Tesco operates a number of in-shop cafes. The company also began to introduce new restaurants in its shops from 2013 under the "Decks Carvery" brand.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ruddick|first1=Graham|title=Tesco creates new family carvery restaurant|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/10224096/Tesco-creates-new-family-carvery-restaurant.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/10224096/Tesco-creates-new-family-carvery-restaurant.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=3 January 2017|work=The Telegraph|date=5 August 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

====Tesco Express====
[[File:Tesco Express, St. Paul's Street, Leeds (23rd December 2018).jpg|left|thumb|Tesco Express store in [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]], England, 2018]]
Tesco Express shops are neighbourhood [[convenience shop]]s averaging {{convert|2200|sqft|m2|order=flip}}, stocking mainly food with an emphasis on higher-margin products such as sweets, crisps, chocolate, biscuits, fizzy drinks, and processed food (due to small shop size, and the necessity to maximise revenue per square foot) alongside everyday essentials. They are located in busy city-centre districts, small shopping precincts in residential areas, small towns, and villages, and on [[Esso]] petrol station forecourts. In 2010 it became known that Tesco was operating [[Express pricing]], charging more in its Express branches than in its other stores. A spokesperson said that this was "because of the difference in costs of running the smaller shops".<ref name="tesco">{{cite web|url=http://www.voucherslug.co.uk/money/articles/mystery-shop-tesco-vs-tesco-express |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229223829/http://www.confused.com/money/articles/mystery-shop-tesco-vs-tesco-express |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 December 2011 |title=Mystery shop: Tesco vs. Tesco Express |publisher=[[Confused.com]] |access-date=29 May 2013 }}</ref>

====Fuel stations====
[[File:Tesco Fuel Station Oldham - geograph.org.uk - 1184976.jpg|thumb|A 24-hour Tesco petrol station in [[Oldham]], [[Greater Manchester]], England, 2009]]
Tesco first started selling petrol in 1974. Tesco sells 95, 97, and 99 [[Octane rating|RON]] (a fuel developed by [[Greenergy]] of which Tesco is a shareholder) petrol from forecourts at most Superstore and Extra locations. Tesco recently diversified into [[biofuels]], offering petrol-bioethanol and diesel-biodiesel blends instead of pure petrol and diesel at its petrol stations, and now offering Greenergy 100% biodiesel at many shops in the southeast of the United Kingdom. In 1998, Tesco and [[Esso]] (part of [[ExxonMobil]]) formed a business alliance that included several petrol filling stations on lease from Esso, with Tesco operating the attached shops under its Express format. In turn, Esso operates the forecourts and sells fuel via the Tesco shop.<ref>{{cite news|title=Esso fuels Tesco's expansion|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/155524.stm|access-date=23 January 2015|work=BBC News|date=21 August 1998|archive-date=6 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806193636/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/155524.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2013, there were 200 joint Tesco Express/Esso sites in the UK.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=John |title=Roll-out of Tesco Clubcard reaches 800 Esso sites |url=http://www.forecourttrader.co.uk/news/archivestory.php/aid/7564/Roll-out_of_Tesco_Clubcard_reaches_800_Esso_sites.html |access-date=23 January 2015 |work=Forecourt Trader |date=20 September 2013 |archive-date=24 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124012559/http://www.forecourttrader.co.uk/news/archivestory.php/aid/7564/Roll-out_of_Tesco_Clubcard_reaches_800_Esso_sites.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Online====
{{Main|Tesco.com}}
In the United Kingdom Tesco operates a home shopping service through the [[Tesco.com]] website. In May 1984, in [[Gateshead]], England, Mrs. Jane Snowball used a piece of computer technology called "[[Videotex]]" on her television to purchase groceries from her local Tesco shop in the world's first recorded [[online shopping]] transaction from the home.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24091393|title=Online shopping: The pensioner who pioneered a home shopping revolution|last=Kelly|first=Denise Winterman and Jon|date=16 September 2013|work=BBC News|access-date=24 April 2017|archive-date=17 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717063557/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24091393|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Merrill|first=Jamie|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/forget-ebay-and-amazon-it-was-a-gateshead-pensioner-who-started-the-online-shopping-revolution-8816912.html|title=Forget eBay and Amazon. It was a Gateshead pensioner who started the online shopping revolution|date=15 September 2013|work=The Independent|access-date=24 April 2017|archive-date=25 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425115942/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/forget-ebay-and-amazon-it-was-a-gateshead-pensioner-who-started-the-online-shopping-revolution-8816912.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=Videotex takes Gateshead Teleshopping into the home |journal=The Incorporated Engineer |date=September 1984 |page=6}}</ref> As of November 2006, Tesco was the only food retailer to make online shopping profitable.<ref>{{Cite news| first = Gaelle| last = Walker| title = Online failing to deliver| work=The Grocer| publisher=William Reed Publications| page = 6|date=11 November 2006}}</ref> Since 2006 Tesco has operated a number of [[dark store]]s dedicated to the fulfilment of online orders of groceries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/tesco-bids-for-a-virtual-supermarket-sweep-7440069.html|title=Tesco bids for a virtual supermarket sweep|date=24 February 2012|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=17 March 2018|archive-date=18 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318000611/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/tesco-bids-for-a-virtual-supermarket-sweep-7440069.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Loyalty card====
{{Main|Tesco Clubcard}}
Tesco launched its [[customer loyalty]] scheme, the [[Tesco Clubcard]], in 1995. It has been cited as a pivotal development in Tesco's progress towards becoming the UK's largest supermarket chain and one that fundamentally changed the country's supermarket business.<ref>{{cite news|last=Winterman|first=Denise|date=9 September 2013|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23988795|work=BBC News|title=Tesco: How one supermarket came to dominate|publisher=BBC|access-date=9 December 2013|archive-date=27 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127133019/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23988795|url-status=live}}</ref> Tesco itself was cited in a ''Wall Street Journal'' article as using the intelligence from the Clubcard to thwart Wal-Mart's initiatives in the UK.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/wsj/access/1049173581.html?dids=1049173581:1049173581&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+6%2C+2006&author=Cecilie+Rohwedder&pub=Ms.+Fiala+Changes+Detergent%3B+Wall+Street+Journal&edition=Eastern+edition&startpage=A.1&type=91_1996&desc=Stores+of+Knowledge%3A+No.1+Retailer+in+Britain+Uses+%27Clubcard%27+to+Thwart+Wal-Mart |title=Retailer in Britain Uses 'Clubcard' to Thwart Wal-Mart |first=Cecilie |last=Rohwedder |date=6 June 2006 |access-date=30 April 2007 |work=The Wall Street Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001012148/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/wsj/access/1049173581.html?dids=1049173581%3A1049173581&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&date=Jun+6%2C+2006&author=Cecilie+Rohwedder&pub=Ms.+Fiala+Changes+Detergent%3B+Wall+Street+Journal&edition=Eastern+edition&startpage=A.1&type=91_1996&desc=Stores+of+Knowledge%3A+No.1+Retailer+in+Britain+Uses+%27Clubcard%27+to+Thwart+Wal-Mart |archive-date=1 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}(Abstract only is online)
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Cardholders can collect one Clubcard point for every £1 (or one point for €1 in Ireland and Slovakia or 1 point for 1zł in Poland) they spend in a Tesco shop, or at Tesco.com, and 1 point per £2 on fuel (not in Slovakia). Customers can also collect points by paying with a Tesco Credit Card, or by using Tesco Mobile, Tesco Homephone, Tesco Broadband, selected Tesco Personal Finance products, or through Clubcard partners, [[E.ON]] and [[Avis Rent a Car System|Avis]]. Each point equates to 1p in shops when redeemed, or up to four times that value when used with Clubcard deals (offers for holidays, day trips, etc.) Clubcard points (UK & IE) can also be converted to [[Avios]] and [[Virgin Atlantic]] frequent flyer miles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/gb/en/flying-club/flying-club-partners/shopping/tesco.html|title=Tesco Clubcard|publisher=Virgin Atlantic|access-date=22 January 2015|archive-date=23 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123012943/http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/gb/en/flying-club/flying-club-partners/shopping/tesco.html|url-status=live}}</ref>