First Tesco Franchise Shop Premier Opens in Hungary - With Hot Food

  • 22 May 2026 2:51 PM
First Tesco Franchise Shop Premier Opens in Hungary - With Hot Food
Supermarket chain Tesco opened its first Premier franchise convenience store outside of the UK, in Budapest, on Thursday.

The shop of around 200sqm was opened in the capital's District XIII.

Zsolt Palinkas, the CEO of Tesco's local unit, said the Premier shop would also offer hot food, as a novelty.

Tesco-Global Aruhazak Zrt had net revenue of HUF 750bn in its business year ended February 2025.

Photo: Tesco Hungary/ Premier

Source: MTI
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