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Tesco chief Dave Lewis is in cheery mood this morning, after reporting that profits jumped by a third last year. Four years after taking control of the company , Lewis is preparing to wave the ‘mission accomplished’ banner. He says: “After four years we have met or are about to meet the vast majority of our turnaround goals.
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