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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Henry Saker-Clark

Tesco sales growth slows amid ‘uncertainty’ linked to Iran conflict

Tesco boss Ken Murphy has bagged an extra £1 million in salary and bonuses (Alamy/PA) -

Supermarket giant Tesco has revealed a weaker-than-expected increase in sales for the past three months amid “uncertainty” linked to the Middle East crisis.

The retailer revealed that total sales increased by 1% to £16.8 billion over the 13 weeks to May 30, compared with a year earlier.

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