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Tesco has climbed 5.1p to 164.6p after Kantar Worldpanel said grocery sales received a warm weather boost in August, with Tesco's sales down 0.4% in the most recent 12 weeks, better than its major rivals but still well below the discounters Aldi and Lidl.
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