Embedded in communities nationwide for over 25 years, Tesco Ireland continues to grow and now has 177 stores in cities and towns across the country.
Tallaght, Blanchardstown, Townsend Street, Dublin, Gandon Court, Portlaoise and Kileely Road, Limerick are among the new stores the retail giant has added to its estate in 2024. The openings are part of a multi-million euro investment in new store openings, extensive store refit and refurbishment upgrade programmes as well as ongoing maintenance of its growing property portfolio. This significant expenditure underpins Tesco’s continued commitment to the Irish retail market and to Irish jobs.
The new store openings have led to the creation of around 200 roles, bringing the total figure to around 13,500 nationwide. Furthermore, Tesco supports almost 45,000 jobs directly and indirectly and is the single largest retailer purchaser of Irish food and drink in the world, buying €1.6 billion a year, more than any other single country in the European Union.
Tesco Ireland Chief Operating Officer Geoff Byrne says the store openings and refurbishments are good news for customers.
“We have an ambitious development strategy for the business and are very excited to be expanding. We remain as committed as ever to delivering a rewarding shopping experience for our customers which offers real value,” he commented.
“We’re growing our store footprint and adding 200 roles to our expanding store estate.
“These roles provide a great opportunity for retail job seekers to find a route into a brand-new career, or maybe back to the workplace, with fully flexible banded-hour contracts in their local communities up and down the country.”
Last year, Tesco announced a campaign of price cuts for customers, reducing the prices on more than 700 products by an average of 10%. Tesco’s Price Cuts are a key part of its commitment to give customers great value on their shopping and complements other value offerings such as Aldi Price Match and Clubcard Prices.
Tesco’s core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. This is at the heart of everything it does. The retailer believes that every little help makes a big difference and aims to live that value in the Tesco Ireland business every single day.
As a retail business, serving its customers is Tesco’s focus, and its people bring this to life every day, helping to create the best shopping experience possible, while delivering quality and value for customers around Ireland. At Tesco, they believe in treating each other with respect and creating a work environment where everybody has an equal opportunity to get on.
Supporting local suppliers is central to Tesco Ireland’s business ethos. It sources from over 500 Irish food and drink suppliers and supports over 13,000 farm families nationwide. Almost three-quarters of these suppliers are small and medium enterprises, with fewer than 250 employees.
All of the fresh chicken, beef, pork and lamb that Tesco Ireland sells is 100% Irish.
In 2021, Tesco was proud to form the first retail partnership with Love Irish Food to grow awareness of member products in our stores nationwide. Being a sustainable business is also very important to Tesco Ireland as it works to a net zero target of 2035 for its own operations.
Tesco Ireland is proud to be a good neighbour and support the communities it serves. The retailer has a long-term charity partnership with Children’s Health Foundation and the Tesco Community Fund also supports hundreds of good causes around the country with donations every 12 weeks. In addition to this, Tesco works with FoodCloud and Olio to redistribute surplus food at the end of each day.
Tesco Ireland also runs the Stronger Starts programme in partnership with Good Grub and with support from some of its suppliers, helping families facing food insecurity in Ireland.
Business in the Community (BITC) is a non-profit business network that encourages corporate social responsibility and sustainability. Tesco Ireland is proud to be one of few retail companies to have received the BITC Business Working Responsibly Mark in recognition of our commitments to sustainability and CSR.
Tesco Ireland recently rolled out its Clubcard Prices offering to Express format stores, which is proving to be popular with convenience customers. Through Clubcard, of which there are over one million members, customers have access to exclusive deals on everything from everyday staples to treats, while also being rewarded with Clubcard points.
Tesco Ireland is headed up by Natasha Adams who was appointed as CEO in February 2022, having been the Chief People Officer prior to that.
As Chief People Officer, Natasha was a Trustee for the Tesco Pension Scheme, sat on the Tesco Cyber Security Committee and Tesco Privacy and Data Committee, advisor to both the Tesco Board and the Remuneration and Nominations & Governance Committees on remuneration, succession planning and recruitment while also being a Steering Group Member for both Movement to Work and the 30% Club.
Natasha is a Companion of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, a trustee for IGD and a Non-Executive Director for Berkeley Holding Group Limited. A Tesco colleague since 1998, Natasha has held a number of leadership roles in Retail Operations and People functions, always enjoying the pace colleagues, customers and suppliers bring to the retail environment.
Tesco Ireland
Gresham House,
Marine Road,
Dun Laoghaire,
Co. Dublin.
Telephone: +353 (0)1 215 2000
Web: www.tescoireland.ie
