Tesco Ireland with uncooked mince. In May 2012 it pleaded guilty to selling "gone off" (decayed or rotten) meat and the next month was prosecuted and fined for breaches of consumer law. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland found horse meat accounted for approximately 29% of the meat content in beef burger products from Tesco in January 2013. In 2007, Tesco Ireland announced that it would be providing brand new uniforms to take over from the ten-year-old previous uniforms. The new brand includes brand new Dell Computers for File Maintenance Control rooms and floor staff workstations. In July 2008 "Tesco Cash Savers"
Tesco Tesco purchased 13 HIT hypermarkets in Poland. It also made a major move into the UK's convenience shop market with its purchase of T & S Stores, owner of 870 convenience shops in the One Stop, Dillons and Day & Nite chains in the UK. In June 2003, Tesco purchased the C Two-Network in Japan. It also acquired a majority stake in Turkish supermarket chain Kipa. In January 2004, Tesco acquired Adminstore, owner of 45 Cullens, Europa, and Harts convenience shops, in and around London. In Thailand, Tesco Lotus was a joint venture of the Charoen Pokphand Group and Tesco,