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Thursday 23 October 2014 8:30 am  |  Updated:  Friday 07 June 2019 2:16 pm

Quiz: How well do you know your Tesco catastrophes?

By: Emma Haslett

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Has Tesco hit rock-bottom? The supermarket's chairman, Sir Richard Broadbent, announced his departure this morning on the back of first-half results showing the profit "overestimation" it had originally thought £250m, but £263m. 

The news sent Tesco shares down by a surprisingly muted 5.6 per cent in early afternoon trading, although analysts didn't mince their words when it came to critiquing the figures. "Why would anyone take a risk on a company that continues to disappoint in this manner?" blustered Accendo markets' James Abbott.

But this is far from the first time Tesco has come off the rails. How well do you know your Tesco catastrophes? Test yourself below.

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