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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Freddie Bennett

People are only just realising what Tesco stands for – and it all started with tea

Tesco is the largest retailer in Britain, as millions of customers flock to their stores each year to get their weekly food shops done and dusted.

We're all so used to seeing the household logo with those big red letters that few of us have considered where the title actually came from.

Much like other stalwarts on the British high street, brand names become so etched into our minds that we don't spare them another thought. Now, people are baffled upon learning where Tesco's name derives from.

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