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Tesco
COMPANY PROFILE

Tesco PLC

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PUBLICATION DATE: 7 Feb 2013 www.marketline.com COPYRIGHT MARKETLINE. THIS CONTENT IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OR DISTRIBUTED.

Tesco PLC
TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Company Overview..............................................................................................3
Key Facts...............................................................................................................3
SWOT Analysis.....................................................................................................4

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Tesco PLC
Company Overview

COMPANY OVERVIEW
Tesco PLC (Tesco or ‘the company’) is a food and grocery retailer. The company primarily operates in Europe and Asia. It is headquartered in Hertfordshire, the UK, and employed 519,671 people, on an average, in FY2012.
The company recorded revenues of £64,539 million (approximately $103,223.7 million) in the financial year ended February 2012 (FY2012), an increase of 6.8% over FY2011. The operating profit of
Tesco was £3,985 million (approximately $6,373.6 million) in FY2012, an increase of 1.7% over
FY2011. The net profit was £2,806 million (approximately $4,487.9 million) in FY2012, an increase of 5.7% over FY2011.

KEY FACTS
Head Office

Tesco PLC
Tesco House
Delamare Road
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire EN8 9SL
GBR

Phone

44 1992 632222

Fax
Web Address

http://www.tescoplc.com

Revenue / turnover 64,539.0
(GBP Mn)
Financial Year End

February

Employees

519,671

London Ticker

TSCO

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Tesco PLC
SWOT Analysis

SWOT ANALYSIS
Tesco is a food and grocery retailer. The company has been building a sustainable business model over the years through diversification into new geographies and value oriented retailing. International diversification helps Tesco to reduce its
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