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Aneela started her F&F Clothing Apprenticeship with us this year and is the Merchandise Assistant for Ladies Casual Wovens. “Combining learning and working was the main thing that attracted me to this apprenticeship and especially as it included getting experience in both merchandising and buying areas. My typical week starts with understanding our sales performance from the previous week, continuing to improve our order processing system and working with my suppliers, buyers and merchandisers to get the product to our customers, I really enjoy building strong relationships with everyone. I’ve got the best team, they’re such a friendly and supportive group of people. I would definitely recommend this apprenticeship. If you've got a passion for fashion, you’re someone that likes making things happen and someone that wants to work in an exciting fast paced environment, do it!.” If you’re interested in starting a career in fashion and want to find out more about our F&F Clothing Apprenticeship and apply check out our website http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQhYd
As part of our partnership with The Prince’s Trust to provide opportunities to help young people develop their employability skills, we invited a group of students from Greenshaw school to take part in a World of Work experience in our new Heart building. Students had the chance to discover the wide range of opportunities available in our offices and stores. Students had lots of fun in our development kitchens too, they used their creative ideas and worked with our top chefs and product developers to create their own healthy meal for a family of 4 on a £6 budget. They absolutely blew us away with their passion to learn and great ideas. We then finished off the session by getting them to present their product to our judges where they were awarded a certificate. As part of the partnership, 9 colleagues across our business volunteered to support the students with their experience and they enjoyed it too. Well done Greenshaw school, we loved having you here on campus! #tesco #princestrust #volunteering #helpingyoungpeople #YouthCanDoIt
Yesterday we celebrated our store colleagues at our Retail Apprenticeship Celebration Event. It was a day to congratulate and reflect on what they have all achieved so far. We had a day filled with inspirational speakers, awards, networking and some fun with the photobooths. Well done to everyone that has completed their apprenticeship so far and good luck to those who are still on their journey! Here's a link to the video to check out what we got up to on the day http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQJfJ #aplacetogeton #tescocareers #apprenticeships
We are proud to have become the first UK supermarket to launch larger nappies specifically designed for children with disabilities. Tesco Health Junior Nappies, which have just launched in store, are specifically designed to cater for children whose disability means they continue to need nappies and have outgrown regular sizes. Click here to find out more: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQJlR
Nick Ferrier and the format south convenience leadership team completed a 50km walk to raise an amazing £35,374.55 for our Health Charity Partnership. Starting at West Bay in Dorset and finishing in Durdle Door¸ the walk took in some amazing coastal scenery and killer climbs. Store teams supported by holding events to raise money too. Well done team!
We are proud to have re-affirmed our commitment to supporting the military by re-signing the Ministry of Defence’s Armed Forces Covenant last week. Jason Tarry, Tesco UK & ROI CEO said: “Tesco has a long association with the Armed Forces dating back to our founder Jack Cohen, and we are very proud of the Armed Forces family which exists in our business today.” Read more of the story here: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQSns
Derek Baxter and his team from our Livingston DC decided to raise money for British Heart Foundation by walking from Glasgow to Edinburgh, a 100km, or 62-mile, walk. They managed it in 26 hours by walking non-stop through the night and have raised £2,500 so far in the process. Well done team!
Tony Stopforth our Store Manager in Roundhay talks about his experience in our stores when working over the festive season: “Christmas at Tesco is the best time of the year for colleagues. The atmosphere is fantastic! There’s a real feel good factor where colleagues are working hard to care for and serve our customers. It’s a fast paced environment but there’s always time to have fun and make someone’s day. Tesco are at our best at Christmas, we see great teamwork across the whole shop and colleagues going that one step further in helping to make it a special experience for each and every customer. If you are passionate about looking after customers, love being part of a great team and want to make a difference this Christmas, then Tesco is the place for you. PS They will even provide you with your very own Santa hat!” Click here to read more about our festive roles: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQqYS
Amelia is in her second year of her Commercial Apprenticeship and is the Assistant Buyer for Kitchen Roll. She chats to us about her experience. "I was attracted to the Commercial Apprenticeship because I wanted a job, to earn money, learn new skills and I knew university life wasn’t for me. My weeks are really varied. At the start of the week I’ll be presenting category data to my stakeholders and at the end of the week I could be looking at new product development and negotiating costs. My highlight so far is a supplier visit to Thailand and Malaysia. It was really interesting to be on the other side of the world and learn about the end to end process of how your product is made. If anyone is thinking about applying to this apprenticeship, I would say, do it! It’s the best thing I’ve ever done and I’ve been given so many opportunities since I’ve started. I love my job!". If you’re interested in applying for our Commercial Apprenticeship, check out our website and apply http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQxIw #aplacetogeton #tescocareers #apprenticeships
This week Andy Gibson from Mindapples came along to our Heart building to run a 1 hour session with colleagues on “Change your habits”, part of our commitment to helping colleagues maintain a healthy mind. The session was about how anything we do regularly and intensively can become a habit. Most habits are useful, but some are not. We were shown how to retrain the mind and turn these habits to our advantage. In addition to Andy’s session, we already have 5 Mindapples e-learning modules available to all colleagues that have been accessed over 17,000 times!
