Tesco, Sainsbury show squeeze on UK shoppers

LONDON (Reuters) - Pressure on British consumers was laid bare on Wednesday as top retailer Tesco Plc posted one of its biggest-ever quarterly falls in underlying sales while rival J Sainsbury Plc reported only modest growth.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/190c6785/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Tesco%2C+Sainsbury+show+squeeze+on+UK+shoppers&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F05%2Fuk-retail-britain-idUKTRE7940ZS20111005%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Tesco%2C+Sainsbury+show+squeeze+on+UK+shoppers&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F05%2Fuk-retail-britain-idUKTRE7940ZS20111005%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/114251589700/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/190c6785/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/114251589700/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/190c6785/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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