date:Nov 15, 2012
tal sales (inc VAT, inc. fuel) up 4% to 13,365M
Total sales (inc VAT, excl. fuel) up 4.1%
Like-for-like sales (inc VAT, excl. fuel) up 1.7%
Underlying profit before tax up 5.4% to 373M
Underlying basic earnings per share up 9.4% to 15.2p
Return on capital employed was 10.9% (the same as in 2011/12)
Interim dividend of 4.8p per share, up 6.7%.