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The Co-op posts full year 2017 pre-tax profit of £72m on the back of growth in food sales and wholesale

Total revenue remained flat due to the sale of 298 convenience stores to McColl’s. The retailer saw like-for-like food sales grow by 3.4% with convenience store like-for-like sales rising by 4.3%.

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