Tesco Earnings ResultsA customer carries a Tesco shopping bag from a store in London , Britain , 06 October 2009 . Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has said that the supermarket chain is " well - placed for the global recovery " after reporting " solid " results 06 October . Britain ' s biggest retailer ' s pre - tax profits for the six months to the end of August came in at 1 . 53 bn euros , which was up 1 . 5 % on the same period last year . EPA / ANDY RAIN < 실시간 뉴스 가 당신 의 손안 으로 . . 연합뉴스 폰 > < 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >