Tesco report 'good sales progress'

Tesco said today that it had made "good progress" over the autumn period as the supermarket giant bucked the gathering gloom in the retail sector.

Tesco said today that it had made "good progress" over the autumn period as the supermarket giant bucked the gathering gloom in the British retail sector.

The grocery giant posted like-for-like sales, excluding petrol, up 4.1% in the 13 weeks to November 24 - in line with forecasts in the City.