Sainsbury's in Paralympics boost

Sainsbury's is continuing to put its bigger rival Tesco in the shade as it revealed strong sales growth helped by a one-off boost from its sponsorship of the Paralympic Games.

The country's third biggest supermarket revealed a 1.9% rise in like-for-like sales excluding fuel but including VAT in the 16 weeks to September 29, compared with 1.4% growth in the 12 weeks to June 9.
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