FACTBOX-Sainsbury, ASDA and Tesco - how they measure up

Nov 12 (Reuters) - Britain's three biggest grocers, Tesco
(TSCO.L), Asda (WMT.N) and J Sainsbury (SBRY.L), have all
reported a slowdown in quarterly sales growth in recent weeks as
food inflation eases.

Here's how they measure up.

* ASDA: (Quarter ending Sept. 30, 2009)

Stores - 400

Employees - 170,000

Like-for-like sales growth - 5.6 percent

* J SAINSBURY: (Interim result for 28 weeks ending Oct. 3,
2009)

Market Capitalisation - 6.25 billion pound ($10.36 billion)s

Stores - 792

Employees - 170,000

Total Sales - 11.15 billion pound ($18.48 billion)s

Like-for-like sales growth - 5.7 percent, including 5.4
percent in the 16-weeks to Oct. 3

* TESCO: (Interim result for 26 weeks ending Aug.26, 2009)

Market Capitalisation - 32.91 billion pound ($54.55 billion)

Stores:

Global - 4,331

UK - 2,306

Employees:

Global - 470,000

UK - 286,394

Total Sales:

Global - 30.39 billion pounds

UK - 20.65 billion pounds

Like-for-like sales

UK - 3.7 percent, including 3.1 pct in the 3 months to
Aug. 29.

Source: Reuters; Company reports
(Writing by Carl Bagh, Bangalore Editorial Reference Unit;
Editing by David Cutler)