Tesco Personal Finance

Tesco is Ireland's leading food retailer operating in 107 stores across the country; an independent subsidiary of Tesco plc the company has been trading in Ireland since 1997.

In that time our core retail business has expanded to now include clothing, household, entertainment and other non-food ranges. We also offer customers an online grocery shopping service, financial services products and petrol retailing. We recently entered the Irish mobile market with the launch of Tesco Mobile. Doing business with the Irish food industry and supporting the local economy, have been very much part of the Tesco ethos in Ireland. We are the largest single buyer of Irish food products in the world, spending an aggregate of over €1.28 billion on Irish products and services annually, and 50% of our food range here is Irish produced.

Developing export opportunities for Irish food in Tesco Britain has been very important too. We now account for Irish food exports of €654.8 million per annum (2006), making us the second largest export market for Irish food, behind only Britain generally but more significant than France, Germany, USA or Holland.