Tesco to report jump in profit as key targets loom
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LONDON (Reuters) - Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, is expected to report on Wednesday a 27 percent jump in full-year profit, putting it firmly on track to meet the medium-term targets Chief Executive Dave Lewis set out in 2016, despite the cloud of Brexit.The supermarket group, currently celebrating its 100th year, is being rebuilt by Lewis following a 2014 accounting scandal.Analysts on average expect Tesco to report operating profit before exceptional items of 2.08 billion pounds for its..