date:Jan 10, 2014
the changes the firm said on Thursday sales at British stores open over a year, excluding fuel and VAT sales tax, had fallen 2.4 percent in the six weeks to Jan. 4, towards the lower end of expectations.
Analysts had forecast a range of down 0.5-2.5 percent and a third quarter decline of 1.5 percent.
Tesco said it expected to report a full year group trading profit within the range of current market expectations, which it said ranged between 3.16 billion pounds and 3.41 billion pounds.
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