Tesco's falling sales heap pressure on chief executive

UK's largest supermarket faces increasing competition from Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose

A Tesco Extra supermarket
(Image credit: PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Tesco has reported a fourth consecutive quarter of falling sales, raising questions over the leadership of the supermarket chain's chief executive.

For the first three months of the year, the supermarket announced that sales had dropped 3.8 per cent year on year, excluding fuel and value-added tax.

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