Tesco is set to open 750 stores in Thailand over the next three years. This will be the retailer’s first major overseas expansion under Dave Lewis.
Thailand is the groups largest and most profitable market outside of the UK.
Lewis believes that Thailand offers huge opportunity because of its young, increasingly urban and affluent population.
Tesco first moved into Thailand in 1998, and now employs 46,000 full-time staff in the country.
The retailer currently has more than 1,500 Express convenience stores and around 400 larger stores, including some hypermarkets.
The expansion is set to create up to 10,000 new jobs in the country.
