Tesco staff enjoy bonus share-out

More than 207,000 employees at Tesco are scooping share bonuses worth a total of £98m (€111.5m) after the retailer’s record annual results, it was revealed today.

Tesco said all staff – from checkout workers to store managers – who have worked with the supermarket giant for at least a year by the end of February are eligible for the free shares, offering 3.6% of salary, up to a maximum of £3,000 (€3,400).