This morning, in the UK, we get first-half figures from supermarket giant Tesco.Inevitably, any comments on the potential impact of Brexit will be pored over closely by the press.However, investors will pay most attention to like-for-like sales growth, and for signs of any strategy to tackle competition from the discount chains, Aldi and Lidl.
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