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FACTBOX-Sainsbury, ASDA and Tesco - how they measure up

By: AFX | 12 Nov 2009 | 01:56 PM ET

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Nov 12 (Reuters) - Britain's three biggest grocers, Tesco , Asda and J Sainsbury, have all reported a slowdown in quarterly sales growth in recent weeks as food inflation eases. Here's how they measure up. * ASDA: (Quarter ending Sept. 30, 2009) Stores - 400 Employees - 170,000 Like-for-like sales growth - 5.6 percent * J SAINSBURY: (Interim result for 28 weeks ending Oct. 3, 2009) Market Capitalisation - 6.25 billion pound ($10.36 billion)s Stores - 792 Employees - 170,000 Total Sales - 11.15 billion pound ($18.48 billion)s Like-for-like sales growth - 5.7 percent, including 5.4 percent in the 16-weeks to Oct. 3 * TESCO: (Interim result for 26 weeks ending Aug.26, 2009) Market Capitalisation - 32.91 billion pound ($54.55 billion) Stores: Global - 4,331 UK - 2,306 Employees: Global - 470,000 UK - 286,394 Total Sales: Global - 30.39 billion pounds UK - 20.65 billion pounds Like-for-like sales UK - 3.7 percent, including 3.1 pct in the 3 months to Aug. 29. Source: Reuters; Company reports (Writing by Carl Bagh, Bangalore Editorial Reference Unit; Editing by David Cutler) ($1=.6033 Pound) Keywords: ASDA/SAINSBURY/TESCO/ (carl.bagh@thomsonreuters.com; +91 80 41355917; Reuters Messaging:carl.bagh@thomsonreuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved.

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