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  2. Jack Cohen (businessman) - Wikipedia

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    Cohen formally changed his name from Jacob Kohen to John Edward Cohen by deed poll in July 1937. [8] He continued to work after a colostomy operation in 1958, standing down as chairman of Tesco in 1969. [3] He died on 24 March 1979 at the age of 80 in Westminster and is buried in Willesden Jewish Cemetery. [3] [9] [10]

  3. Tesco - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, Tesco invested in a new coffee shop chain, named Harris + Hoole after coffee-loving characters in Samuel Pepys' diary. [102] Tesco took full ownership of the business from its founders Nick, Andrew and Laura Tolley in February 2016, [103] and agreed in June 2016 to sell it to Caffè Nero. [104]

  4. List of companies named after people - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of companies named after people. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies . All of these are named after founders, co-founders and partners of companies, unless otherwise stated.

  5. Jack's (store) - Wikipedia

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    Jack's was founded in 2018 by Tesco as a discount chain to rival stores such as Lidl and Aldi. It is named after the Tesco founder, Jack Cohen. The company opened its first stores in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, and Immingham, Lincolnshire, on 20 September 2018. [1]

  6. Terry Leahy - Wikipedia

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    After that candidate was quickly reassigned upwards, Leahy returned to Tesco in 1979 as a marketing executive. [1] Tesco was a resolute market follower of the two leading brands, Marks & Spencer as the then world's most profitable retailer, and Sainsbury's as the world's most profitable food retailer.

  7. Category:Tesco - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 26 September 2024, at 06:23 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  8. John Robert Porter - Wikipedia

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    When John Porter was young, he was given £4 million by his grandfather, Sir Jack Cohen, the founder of Tesco. He was educated at Highgate School and obtained degrees from Oxford, the Institute d’Etudes Politiques in Paris, and Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he has also served on the advisory council.

  9. Popular Brands Named After Real People - AOL

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    MAX Factor & Co. was founded by Max Factor, Sr., who began as a makeup man for the Royal Ballet in Czarist Russia. As a young man in 1904, he emigrated from his native country to New York.