International
Where we are
With over a decade of international experience, we have developed a strategy which has given us the confidence to grow our existing businesses and invest in new markets. Over half of Tesco's selling space is now outside the UK and the population of markets we operate in adds up to more than two billion people, representing more than half of the world's wealth.
We're about to launch in the United States too, which is one of our most exciting challenges yet.
Check out the countries in which we already operate:
Czech Republic
Stores: 35
Sales area: 2.0m sq ft
Year of entry: 1996
New stores opened: 35
Planned openings 06/07: 44
Number of staff: 8,785
Hungary
Stores: 87
Sales area: 4.3m sq ft
Year of entry: 1994
New stores opened: 18
Planned openings 06/07: 30
Number of staff: 15,754
Poland
Stores: 105
Sales area: 4.8m sq ft
Year of entry: 1995
New stores opened: 27
Planned openings 06/07: 39
Number of staff: 20,357
Republic of Ireland
Stores: 91
Sales area: 2.7m sq ft
Year of entry: 1997
New stores opened: 6
Planned openings 06/07: 8
Number of staff: 10,456
Slovakia
Stores: 37
Sales area: 2.3m sq ft
Year of entry: 1996
New stores opened: 7
Planned openings 06/07: 10
Number of staff: 7,838
Turkey
Stores: 8
Sales area: 0.6m sq ft
Year of entry: 2003
New stores opened: 3
Planned openings 06/07: 12
Number of staff: 2,560
United Kingdom
Stores: 1,898
Sales area: 25.9m sq ft
Year of entry: 1924
New stores opened: 139
Planned openings 06/07: 153
Number of staff: 261,142
China
Stores: 39
Sales area: 3.5m sq ft
Year of entry: 2004
New stores opened: 9
Planned openings 06/07: 12
Number of staff: 16,400
Japan
Stores: 111
Sales area: 0.3m sq ft
Year of entry: 2003
New stores opened: 11
Planned openings 06/07: 10
Number of staff: 3,285
Malaysia
Stores: 13
Sales area: 0.9m sq ft
Year of entry: 2001
New stores opened: 7
Planned openings 06/07: 4
Number of staff: 4,365
South Korea
Stores: 62
Sales area: 4.1m sq ft
Year of entry: 1999
New stores opened: 27
Planned openings 06/07: 47
Number of staff: 10,787
Thailand
Stores: 219
Sales area: 6.8m sq ft
Year of entry: 1998
New stores opened: 112
Planned openings 06/07: 207
Number of staff: 27,529
Just so you know...
Many of our jobs in other countries are filled by people who live locally - but anyone who really proves their ability can always look to move abroad, if that's where they want their career to take them.