For the first time in nearly 20 years Tesco has reported a fall in profits.

In the six months to August the supermarket giant made pre-tax profits of
1-point7 billion pounds - down 12 percent.

But rival Sainsburys has seen a 1-point-7 percent rise in like-for-like sales
in the first half of its financial year to
September.

Sainsbury's Chief Executive Justin King says they were helped by the Olympics
and Paralympics:

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