Tesco Lotus stores currently operate in 5 formats
Tesco Lotus stores currently operate in 5 formats: Extra, Hypermarket, Department Store, Talad and Express. Extra, Hypermarket and Department store formats have an extensive fresh food, ambient food and grocery offer as well as a non-food offer including electrical appliances, apparel, toys, stationery and household goods. Talad is a "supermarket format" selling mainly groceries and Express is a convenience "mini-supermarket" format. Many of the products on the shelf are Tesco house brand products.
The bigger stores are often set in Malls and have food courts and many other shops and stalls available as well as a large car park. Temperatures are kept at a relatively cool 26C. Tesco Lotus also offers a range of retail and financial services including bill payment, personal loans (Tesco Premier), a Tesco Visa credit card and as Tesco General Insurance Broker, a range of insurance products. Most recently, Tesco Lotus introduced Online Shopping.
Tesco is to open three distribution centres in Thailand.
Tesco Lotus, which operates around 1,000 stores in Thailand, announced at the British Business Embassy Retail, Food and Drink summit in London last week that it is opening three distribution facilities in the country.
The investment builds on the progress Tesco Lotus has already made to develop retail infrastructure in Thailand, and will help the division build on its existing work with its local Thai suppliers and SMEs in the country, it said.
Tesco says the deal will also increase its employment of local people. Tesco Lotus plans to recruit "at least" 9,000 additional staff in Thailand this year, it said.
The retailer did not reveal when the facilities will be
The bigger stores are often set in Malls and have food courts and many other shops and stalls available as well as a large car park. Temperatures are kept at a relatively cool 26C. Tesco Lotus also offers a range of retail and financial services including bill payment, personal loans (Tesco Premier), a Tesco Visa credit card and as Tesco General Insurance Broker, a range of insurance products. Most recently, Tesco Lotus introduced Online Shopping.
Tesco is to open three distribution centres in Thailand.
Tesco Lotus, which operates around 1,000 stores in Thailand, announced at the British Business Embassy Retail, Food and Drink summit in London last week that it is opening three distribution facilities in the country.
The investment builds on the progress Tesco Lotus has already made to develop retail infrastructure in Thailand, and will help the division build on its existing work with its local Thai suppliers and SMEs in the country, it said.
Tesco says the deal will also increase its employment of local people. Tesco Lotus plans to recruit "at least" 9,000 additional staff in Thailand this year, it said.
The retailer did not reveal when the facilities will be