Tesco Plans $6 Billion Special Dividend as Stockpiling Eases
- Costs and hiring increase as grocer deals with demand
- Sales gain 30% as nationwide coronavirus lockdown loomed
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Tesco Plc maintained its plan to pay out a full-year dividend and a 5 billion-pound ($6.2 billion) special payout as the U.K. grocer’s sales soar amid the coronavirus pandemic, even as other companies abandon such payouts.