In 1994, the Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group established the Lotus Supercenter chain, opening its first outlet at Seacon Square.

The bigger stores are often set in malls and have food courts and many other shops and stalls available as well as large car parks.

[6] The purchase needs the approval of Thailand's Trade Competition Commission as the new company could constitute a monopoly, given that CP Group already owns 7-Eleven convenience stores and the Makro cash-and-carry business.

[7] The sale became approved in Malaysia in November 2020[8] and in Thailand in December 2020,[9] with rebranding of the acquired stores beginning in February 2021, replacing the Tesco corporate branding with that of Lotus's.

It lost the case against Jit Siratranont, former MP and now vice-general secretary of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, dropped the case against newspaper columnist Kamol Kamoltrakul on the grounds of his ill-health, and obtained a written apology from a newspaper business editor Nongnart Harnvilai.

The NGO World Animal Protection reported that Tesco Lotus uses sow stalls in their pork production process.