US Tengelmann-controlled A&P has announced its first-quarter results for the 16 weeks to June 19. Net loss was $122.64m (£79.5m), up 88% when compared with the net loss of $65.16m (£42.24m) a year earlier.

Sales for the period declined to $2.56bn (£1.66bn) from $2.79bn (£1.80bn) last year. Like-for-like sales decreased 7.2%.