date:Jul 31, 2013
between the two grocers.
In January, Sainsbury's accused Tesco of being a bit disingenuous in headlining its Christmas trading statement with a figure that included sales activity related to coupons.
Though Tesco overtook Sainsbury's at Britain's No. 1 retailer in 1995, Sainsbury's has performed better of late.
Tesco issued its first profit warning in over 20 years in January 2012, while Sainsbury has posted 34 consecutive quarters of like-for-like sales growth.