Tesco PLC or Tesco Public Limited Company is one of the world renowned retail brands that are ruling the retail market in today's world. Tesco PLC is in fact a brand company of grocery that is based in the United Kingdom. The international brand of Tesco PLC is also one of the largest grocery retailers not only in the United Kingdom, but also in the world. In fact Tesco PLC ranks third among the worldwide retails stores and the first three retail brands are the famous Wal-Mart of the United States, The Home Depot of the United States and the Carrefour of France.
To talk about the origin of the Tesco PLC, Jack Cohen established this famous retail brand. Initially Tesco PLC was just a one-man business located in the East End of London. However, it has now grown into a worldly recognized leading brand. In 1929, the first store of the retail brand Tesco PLC was launched in Burnt Oak in Edgware, in the city of London. Then again, in the year of 1947, Tesco PLC opened its first self-service store named St Albans. And Maldon was the first super market of Tesco PLC, built in the year of 1956.
Tesco PLC is primarily a grocery retail shop. However, it has now extended its limits in some other field also. Some of these are consumer electronics, consumer financial services, discount clothes, compact discs, selling and renting DVDs, internet service consumer telecom, music downloads and so on. Even budget software has been included in the list very recently.