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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Henry Saker-Clark

Tesco will do ‘whatever it can’ to keep down food prices amid Iran war

Tesco chief executive Ken Murphy said the supermarket will do ‘whatever we can’ to keep the price of food down (Mike Egerton/PA) - (PA Archive)

The boss of Tesco has said the supermarket giant will do “whatever we can” to keep down the price of food for shoppers as it warned that uncertainty linked to the Iran war is clouding its outlook for profits.

The UK’s largest supermarket chain said it has not yet seen any impact on product availability or prices, excluding fuel, since the conflict began at the end of February.

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