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• Loblaw, Canada’s leading food retailer, says that its second quarter sales were up 3.5 percent over the same period a year ago to the equivalent of $6.5 billion (US), with same-store sales up by 4.2 percent. The company’s Q2 earnings were $204.6 million (US), down from $307 million during the same period a year ago.
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