Tesco has managed to grow sales for the first time in a year. Figures from Kantar Worldpanel, which tracks the supermarket sector, show a 0.3% year-on-year rise in the 12 weeks to 1 February. Its main rivals' sales fell during the same period. Tesco also managed to entice an additional 236,000 people through its doors. Its overall share of the grocery market slipped by a further 0.2% to 29%, however. It is closing 40 stores, putting 2,000 jobs at risk.
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