SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has announced its first fall in profits for almost 20 years.The company has also revealed it will pull out of America, where it has 199 Fresh & Easy shops that have cost £1.2bn.Statutory pre-tax profits dropped by 51 per cent to £1.96bn, but post-tax profits, including the cost of the exit from America, were just £120m, down 95.7 per cent.The retailer said sales at UK stores, excluding fuel and VAT sales tax, rose 0.5 per cent in the last three...
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