Directors' Dealings

TESCO PLC
15 July 1999


Tesco PLC has today been notified that the Tesco 
Employees Trust purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence 
each in the company as shown below:

Date              No. of Shares        Price (Pence)
13 July             2,334,700            164.4609
14 July             2,665,300            165.4600

The Trust is a discretionary trust for the benefit of 
employees and  executive directors of the Company.  
Each executive director of the Company, as a 
potential beneficiary of the Trust, is deemed to have 
an interest in the shares acquired by the Trust.  The 
directors in question are: R.S.Ager, P.A.Clarke, 
J.Gildersleeve, A.Higginson, T.P.Leahy, T.J.R.Mason, 
D.E.Reid, J.M.Weems, D.T.Potts.

Enquiries:                    J.A.Bailey Esq
                              Deputy Secretary
                              Tesco PLC
                              Tel:- 01992 632222