Tesco Ireland increases sales to €3bn

TESCO saw its sales in Ireland increase more than 5% to almost €3 billion in the year to the end of February 2011.

Excluding petrol, sales grew 3.9% in the year, with the supermarket giant saying the market is still “very challenging”.

It said its customer base grew during the year with more customers opting for own label products. Online grocery sales grew and now represent 1.6% of total sales.