City snapshot: Grocery growth eases to slowest rate for a year amid 'pivotal moment'

The overall grocery market grew at its slowest rate for over a year at 2%, while a combined Sainsbury’s and Asda would result in a combined entity with a potential grocery market share of 31.4% according to Kantar Worldpanel. Plus, the latest market share figures from Nielsen, Just Eat’s first quarter sales jump 49%, DS Smith posts pre-close update and all the rest of the latest news from the City.