Tesco maintains guidance after in-line quarter

Supermarket giant Tesco was putting a brave face on things as like-for-like (LFL) sales continued to decline in UK stores in the group's first quarter, as expected.

Supermarket giant Tesco was putting a brave face on things as like-for-like (LFL) sales continued to decline in UK stores in the group's first quarter, as expected.

In the 13 weeks ending May 26th, UK sales including value added tax (VAT) and petrol grew by 2.1% and by 2.0% excluding petrol. LFL sales, excluding both VAT and petrol, reduced by 1.5% in the quarter. Tesco said the UK performance was in line with expectations.

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