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Tesco reports Booker sales growth amid tobacco and EPR challenges

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Tesco’s 2025/26 interim results reveals a 1.7% like-for-like sales growth for Booker, despite the decline in the tobacco category. Core retail like-for-like sales increased by 4.1% year-on-year, driven by a strong growth in symbol brands (Premier, Londis, Budgens and Family Shopper), with a further 275…

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