date:Jan 09, 2014
percent and represented a 36th consecutive quarter of underlying sales growth, it was a slowdown from second quarter growth of 2.0 percent.
Sainsbury's total third quarter sales rose 2.7 percent, excluding fuel, and the firm heralded its best Christmas ever.
Britain's major grocers are finding the going tough, despite their focus on essential goods, as consumers' disposable incomes remain under pressure from wage rises not keeping up with inflation.
Analysts reckon all of the UK's so called