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Tesco - the leading supermarket in Britain With small grocery stores under the Tesco Metro brand name, big supermarkets outside cities (Tesco Extra) and 24-hour stores.
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In the 12 weeks to May 20, Kantar Worldpanel’s industry data showed Sainsbury’s posted sales growth of 1% in the period, well below the grocery market's growth of 2.7%
The Tesco Direct website will cease trading on July 9
Citigroup thinks the market has been overly focused on synergies from the merger and is missing the scale of opportunity for Tesco in the wholesale market
Excluding the impact of the long Easter weekend, Asda saw like-for-like sales rise 1%, an acceleration from the 0.5% rate of growth it enjoyed in the prior quarter
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As Moya Greene's last set of Royal Mail results are released analysts expect the attention will be on guidance for 2019.
Morrisons was tipped to be one of the main losers from the £15bn merger between the UK’s second and third largest supermarket chains, but that might not necessarily be the case
The proposed merger of Sainsbury's and Asda faces tough scrutiny from the UK Competition and Markets Authority
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If BT's handsome divi is supporting the BT share price, how come it has lost more than a third of its value since Gavin Patterson took over in 2013?
The shares have advanced 24% in a little over six weeks, which begs the question: why?
"Putting two low growth businesses together doesn’t create a high growth business," a former Asda executive said of the group's planned merger with Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's shares rose 29% in April on the back of news it had agreed to merge with Asda
The data comes a day after Sainsbury’s and Asda reveal they had agreed to merge
The French broker said it thinks Morrison’s could face more competition if the big merger goes through, although it believes the firm “could be considered a consolation prize”
HSBC upgraded its rating on Sainsbury’s to ‘hold’ from ‘reduce’ and lifted its target price to 270p from 210p
Sainsbury’s expects its planned merger with Asda to generate £500mln in cost savings
The pound reverses earlier losses against the euro as the spotlight remains on the Sainsbury-Asda merger
In a statement on Saturday, Sainsbury’s confirmed it is in advanced discussions regarding a combination with Asda and said a further announcement would be made on Monday
The Co-op offered to buy Nisa in October after rival Sainsbury's shelved plans to acquire the wholesaler
Analysts have questioned whether Unilever has lost its pricing power and if its volume growth is sustainable
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After an up-and-down day, the FTSE 100 finished in positive territory after a late surge
