Management at Tesco
Introduction
1920s
Tesco was founded in 1924, when T.E. Stockwell, a partner in a firm of
tea suppliers, and Sir Jack Cohen came together. Legend has it that
Sir Jack Cohen used his gratuity from his Army service in the First
World War to start selling groceries in London's East End markets in
1919. The brand name of Tesco came from the initials of T.E. Stockwell
and first two letters of Cohen. The first Tesco store was opened in
1929 in Burnt Oak, Edgware.
1930s
Self-service supermarkets first opened in the USA in the 1930s, during
the depression. They soon realized that by selling a wider variety and
larger volume of stock, and employing fewer staff, they could offer
lower prices to the public. The Tesco business prospered and grew in
the years between the war.
1940s
In 1947 Tesco Stores (Holdings) Ltd was floated on the Stock Exchange,
with a share price of £ 25. The price at the beginning of February
2002 was around £ 2.42. Self-service stores came to Britain after the
Second World War, and Jack Cohen opened the first Tesco self-service
store in St Albans in 1948.
1950s
In 1956 the first Tesco self-service supermarket was opened in a
converted cinema in Maldon.
1960s
By the early 1960s, Tesco had become a familiar name. As well as
groceries, the stores sold fresh food, clothing and household goods.
The Tesco store, which opened in Leicester in 1961, had 16,500 square
feet of selling space and went into the Guinness Book of Records as
the largest store in Europe. During this period, Tesco introduced
trading stamps so that it could bring lower prices to its customers.
Tesco introduced the concept of the superstore in 1967 when it opened
a 90,000 square feet store in Westbury, Wiltshire. The 'superstore'
was a new concept in retailing and the term was first used when Tesco
opened its store in Crawley, West Sussex, in 1968.
1970s
By 1970, Tesco was a household name, its reputation built on providing
basic groceries at very competitive prices. But as people become
better off, they looked for more expensive luxury items. In the late
1970s the company decided to make its stores more attractive to a
wider range of customers. Tesco introduced more superstores, which
sold a broader range of goods, and had wider aisles and better
lighting. In one year, in the late 1970s, the Tesco market share
increased from 7% to 12% and, in 1979, its annual turnover reached £ 1
billion for the first time.
1980s
During the 1980s, Tesco continued to build new superstores, opening
its 100th in 1985. In 1987 it announced a £ 500 million programme to
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