Everyone has shopped in a Tesco before, but most Brits have no idea where the supermarket got its name from. And no, the founder wasn't called Mr Tesco. Tesco first launched in 1919, but it didn't ...

It wasn't until 1929 when Jack opened the first-ever Tesco store in Burnt Oak, Edgware, North London. The shop sold dry goods and of course, it's eponymous Tesco Tea. "[In] 1934, Jack bought a ...