Tesco Plc operates as a retailer of food, non-food, and retailing services. It also offers various entertainment products, including books, CDs, DVDs, games, and music downloads, as well as provides online grocery shopping services. The company also operates flower stores, diet related stores, stores for travel related services, photo centers, stores related to gas and electricity, contact lenses, and legal stores. In addition, it provides telecom services, such as broadband and dial-up Internet access, home phones, Internet phones, mobile phones and accessories, mobile network, and mobile top-ups. Further, the company offers financial and insurance services, which include credit cards, loans, mortgages, and savings; and insurance for home, travel, health, life, and pets. The company operates in China, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. As of February 25, 2007, it operated 3,263 stores. The company was founded in 1919 and is based in Cheshunt, the United Kingdom.
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