Tesco has a sourcing base in India. 90 per cent of India sourcing is accounted for by apparel. Currently South Indian apparel hubs Bangalore and Tirupur account for a large proportion of the sourcing.

The subsidiary - Tesco Hindustan Service Centre currently employees 630 people. Tesco decided to have a wholly owned subsidiary rather than outsource to local Indian companies because it wanted Tesco employees to be handling critical business processes and software development and support.

India is critical to the global strategy of Tesco, especially for support infrastructure. Tesco HSC is already developing from being a start up to a centre of excellence across multiple business areas.