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Horsemeat hits Tesco sales
Tesco has said the horsemeat scandal has had a "small but discernible impact" on sales of frozen and chilled food, as it revealed like-for like sales (excluding VAT and petrol) fell by 1% in the first quarter of the year.
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Tesco like-for-like UK sales drop 1% in first quarter
Tesco has revealed its like-for like sales excluding both VAT and petrol decreased by 1% in the first quarter of the year.
However, the retailer said total sales including VAT and petrol grew by 0.1% and by 1.0% excluding petrol, despite a subdued market.
Chief executive Philip Clarke said: "Conditions outside the UK remain challenging and we have broadly maintained our performance from the fourth quarter of last year.
"Whilst we are not expecting economic conditions to improve in the near term, we have a customer-focused plan for the year in each of our markets which takes this into account".