Tesco sales growth more than halves as Middle East uncertainty weighs on shoppers

Tesco’s UK sales growth more than halved in its first quarter as the supermarket giant flagged “ongoing uncertainty” for households. The UK’s largest grocer posted comparable sales growth of 1.8 per cent to £13.4 billion in the three months to the end of May, down from 4.2 per cent in the previous quarter. The rise...