Tesco has posted a 28.4% operating profit increase worth €1.2 billion (£1.1 billion) across its UK and Ireland business in the first half of its financial year.
The retailer saw like-for-like sales increase 0.2% in the UK and Ireland against a backdrop of subdued market growth.
The groups overall operating profit was up 25.4% year-on-year which equates to €1.57 billion (£1.4 billion) according to its 2019 interim results which it published today.
