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[15] [16] [17] Tesco was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1947 as Tesco Stores (Holdings) Limited. [14] The first self-service shop opened in St Albans in 1948 (which remained operational until 2010 before relocating to larger premises on the same street, with a period as a Tesco Metro), [18] and the first supermarket in Maldon in 1956. [14]
As of 2023, this is a list of supermarket chains, past and present, which operate or have branches in more than one country, whether under the parent corporation's name or another name.
Tesco has operated on the Internet since 1994 and started an online shopping service named 'Tesco Direct' in 1997. Concerned with poor web response times (in 1996, broadband was virtually unknown in the United Kingdom), Tesco offered a CDROM-based off-line ordering program which would connect only to download stock lists and send orders.
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Tesco took ownership of the brand in 2018 after its purchase of Booker Group. [2] Premier stores are generally convenience shops, stocking branded and own brand products, such as Euro Shopper [3] [4] [5] and Jacks (part of the Tesco family) products. [6] [7] Some Premier stores include a Post Office branch.
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BI-LO supermarket. A supermarket is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food, beverages and household products, organized into sections.Strictly speaking, a supermarket is larger and has a wider selection than earlier grocery stores, but is smaller and more limited in the range of merchandise than a hypermarket or big-box market.