Tesco sales slip in latest supermarket figures

The latest supermarket figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland show that sales in the grocery market for the 12 weeks to June 19 were 2.5 ahead of the same period last year.

All of the major retailers increased their sales, with the exception ofTesco, where sales dropped 2.7 per cent. Dunnes Stores posted the strongest performance – up 5.9 per cent compared with a year earlier – while Lidl sales grew by 5.8 ...