Things are getting worse and worse in the supermarket sector.Last week,Sainsbury's (LSE: SBRY)told investors that its sales had fallen again during the last three months. Competition remains fierce, while bumper harvests mean that food prices are falling.
An increasing number of City analysts are now predicting that Sainsbury's will follow Tesco and cut its dividend.
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