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Hertfordshire, UK

Product - Food Internship

Internship
Retail & Consumer
Product
Posted:
December 29, 2025

Tesco

Multinational grocery & general retailer
77.4
Palpable Score
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About the role

This internship will teach you to build supplier relationships and create new product lines. You’ll rotate through fresh and packaged food teams, gaining skills in negotiation and supplier management. Our roles are varied, it may not be just food you work on.  Salary: £26,000 pro rata Programme start date: 15 June 2026

You will be responsible for

Work as a Buyer across our business, for example sourcing new seasonal products .

Create range plans for stores to ensure the right products are in the right places - making it easy for customers to find what they're looking for.

Work in our procurement team, ensuring we work with the right suppliers across Tesco.

You will need

This section is here to help you get a feel for what each scheme is about and what might suit you best. Don’t worry if you don’t have all the skills listed - we don’t expect you to. We’re looking for potential, curiosity, and a willingness to learn. We’ll support you to build the rest.   An interest in food, trends, or how decisions are made in retail can be helpful  Working with data or insights can be part of the role — but you don’t need experience with tools like Tableau and Circana  We value clear thinking and people who enjoy asking good questions.

About the company

Tesco

Company overview
Tesco is a multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer, best known for supermarkets, convenience stores, and online grocery. Tesco also operates related businesses including wholesale (Booker), mobile (Tesco Mobile), and data science (dunnhumby). The company serves customers primarily across the UK and Ireland, alongside several Central European markets. Tesco hires across store operations, distribution, and head office functions, including technology, finance, marketing, product, and supply chain.

Locations and presence

Tesco operates across the UK and Republic of Ireland, plus Central Europe (including Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary). Tesco work is mostly on-site for stores and distribution, while many head office roles reference flexible working and a campus base in Welwyn Garden City.

Palpable Score

77.4
/ 100
Tesco is one of the more accessible large employers for early-career talent because Tesco runs apprenticeships, internships, and graduate schemes with clear entry requirements and defined programme structures. Tesco also publishes a detailed early-careers selection flow and frequently includes salary and benefits information, which helps candidates plan. The score is capped by mixed candidate experience signals and limited public data on early-career retention, conversion, and promotion outcomes.
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