Agriculture
Our aim is to be British agriculture's most trusted partner, helping to secure the future of farming, food and fisheries. To help us deliver on this, we have a dedicated agriculture team working collaboratively with our partners and suppliers.
Latest roles - Agriculture
Sustainable, Aquaculture & Fisheries Manager
Latest roles - Agriculture
Sustainable, Aquaculture & Fisheries Manager
Working in Agriculture
Our team strives for us to be the leading retailer on sustainable agriculture and animal welfare and British agriculture’s most trusted partner. It’s a bold statement but it’s achievable by working collaboratively, as we do, with producers, suppliers & industry bodies. We work to support a food and farming sector that delivers good food for all and one which secures the future of British farming, food and fisheries through being ethical, good to the environment & economically sustainable.
Agriculture occupies nearly 40% of the earth’s surface, far more than any other human activity: in the UK alone, agriculture covers 71% of total land area.
Fresh chicken and eggs are important staples for many of our customers, but the feed used to rear chickens uses soy as an important source of nutrition including protein. Soy cultivation is strongly associated with forest loss, particularly in parts of South America. At Tesco, we’ve committed to zero net deforestation in our sourcing of raw materials, including soy.
All of our milk is sourced within the UK and all of our dairy farmers are part of the Tesco Sustainable Dairy Group (TSDG). It means that all of our dairy farmers get a fair price for their milk but it has also helped improve animal welfare standards and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
Our location
Smile – Welwyn Garden City
Smile – Welwyn Garden City
This building's name is inspired by Eat Happy which started life with the project name Smile and takes education out of the classroom to show children where their food comes from. Our Human Resources Team is based here and there is a restaurant, bicycle parking and dry cleaning drop off service. This is also the location of our colleague Health and Wellness centre where colleagues can access massage therapists, GP services and beauticians.
Pear – Welwyn Garden City
This building name is inspired by the project name used during our 2003 acquisition of T & S Stores. Many of these stores were converted to our Express format to help us to build our convenience offer for customers. Our General Merchandise, Supply Chain and Operations teams are based here and there is a restaurant and bicycle parking.
Maldon – Welwyn Garden City
This building's name is inspired by our first self-service supermarket which opened in a converted cinema in Maldon in 1956. Our Finance, Procurement and Legal and Security teams are based here and there is a restaurant, bicycle parking, and dry cleaning drop off service, as well as it being the location for our Grocery Click and Collect service.
Checkout – Welwyn Garden City
This building name is inspired by Operation Checkout, one of our most iconic price campaigns. During an economic downturn in the UK in 1977, we launched massive price cuts to help customers on very tight budgets. Our Food and Quality teams are based here and this is our main building with a restaurant, gym, bicycle parking and showers, dry cleaning drop off service, colleague baby room, cash machine, car charging and post box.
Omega – Welwyn Garden City
This building name is inspired by the pioneering work of the team which developed Clubcard – one of the most important retail innovations of the 20th century. Our Marketing, Communications, Tesco Mobile, Hospitality and Business Development teams are based here and there is bicycle parking, a car wash and fuel pump.
Plus – Welwyn Garden City
This building is inspired by one of our most innovative technology projects – Plus. In 1987 we introduced our first computerised tills to scan products. Our Technology team are based here and there is a restaurant, bicycle parking, dry cleaning drop off service, Click and Collect for Tesco Direct products and post office facilities.
Snowball – Welwyn Garden City
This building's name is inspired by 72 year-old Jane Snowball, who used a television remote to order groceries while sat in her armchair at home. What she and others didn’t realise at the time was that this was the world’s first home online shopping trip. Our Business Support, Customer Fulfillment and Online teams are based here and there is a restaurant, bicycle parking and showers, dry cleaning drop off service and cash machine.
Highwoods – Welwyn Garden City
This building's name is inspired by our first ‘out of town’ destination food store, ‘Colchester Highwoods’. Our Pensions, Property, and Maintenance & Engineering teams are based here.
Strawberry - Farringdon
This building's name is inspired by the strawberry icon used by Tesco.com shoppers when we launched online shopping in the late 1990s. Our Digital team is based here.
The Nicholl Building - Dundee Customer Engagement Centre
This building's name was inspired by Mrs Nicholl, a 93 year-old customer who was moved to tears by excellent customer service from Tesco when two colleagues hand-delivered her groceries during bad weather as a ‘wee gift from Tesco’. We have a restaurant, bicycle parking, showers, Click & Collect service, cash machine, garden and games area, as well as colleague kitchens and rest areas on each floor.
Heart - Welwyn Garden City
Our building at the heart of the Welwyn Garden City Campus is now open, providing a new and exciting central hub with flexible spaces to learn, collaborate and innovate. There are facilities for well-being, a customer experience centre and a Tesco Express store.
Working in Welwyn Garden City
Our campus sits just 10 minutes walk from the centre of Welwyn Garden city with its many shops, restaurants, pubs and sports facilities. Close to the A1 and with frequent trains running to Kings Cross in as little as 26 minutes (free shuttle buses take you between the station and office) the campus is well connected to the surrounding area.
