Sales at Sainsbury's edge lower in Christmas quarter
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LONDON (Reuters) - Sainsbury's , Britain's No. 2 supermarket group, reported a small fall in underlying sales in the key Christmas quarter, hurt by a weak performance from general merchandise. The group, which is trying to rebuild investor confidence in its strategy following a botched attempt to take over rival Asda , said on Wednesday like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, fell 0.7% in the 15 weeks to Jan. 4, its fiscal third quarter.That compares with a second quarter fall of..