Tesco said it was selling more non-food items
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Tesco has said it has made a "good start" to the current trading year, although like-for-like sales in its UK stores have continued to slow.
Tesco said like-for-like sales excluding petrol rose 4.5% in the 13 weeks to May 27, compared with 4.9% in the final quarter of last year.
Group sales rose 10.4% and Tesco said it was on track to open a record number of foreign stores this year.
International stores contributed 15.1% growth over the past quarter.
'Solid growth'
Tesco's UK sales growth has slowed slightly in recent months, as higher energy bills have dampened High Street spending.
Like-for-like sales - which exclude results from stores open for less than a year - rose 7.5% last year but have been slowing since the end of 2005.
But Tesco said it had shown "solid growth" in a competitive market, with total UK sales up 9% over the period.
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