Sales at Fresh & Easy, Tesco's first foray into the American grocery market, are 70 per cent below expectations as customers have failed to warm to the business, an analyst claimed yesterday.

Added: 2008-03-15

Tesco denies that US venture Fresh & Easy is struggling

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