article_snippet: The figures, from retail analysts Kantar, have delivered some positive news to Tesco, where sales were up
article_snippet: Tesco’s revival comes on the back of significant price cuts on household food essentials, coupled with a host of voucher give-aways.
article_snippet: Among the big four supermarkets Tesco has been the standout retailer.
article_snippet: Tesco has posted Tesco strongest performance in 18 months with sales up 1.1per cent compared with a difficult 2014.
article_snippet: Despite this, the firm’s grocery market share continued to fall, going down by 0.1per cent to 28.7per cent.
article_snippet: ‘ said Tesco’s return to sales growth came largely at the expense of Asda, where sales over the 12 weeks were down by 2.1per cent - £95m – compared to the same period last year.
article_snippet: Sales at Tesco’s were down by 0.5per cent, while the figure at Morrisons was 0.4per cent lower.
article_snippet: Tesco has recorded Tesco most positive performance in 18 months as Tesco follows the price cuts of Aldi .