Sainsbury's chief executive Sir Peter Davis is expected to face pressure from shareholders this week when the supermarket chain releases its latest sales figures.
The group is set to update the city on second-quarter trading on Friday and analysts are seeking like-for-like sales growth ranging from flat to a 1 per cent improvement.
The second-quarter figures include the impact of petrol sales and store extensions and some analysts believe that once these factors are stripped down, figures could be down by 3 per cent.
This compares badly with Sainsbury's rivals and puts even greater pressure on the chief executive. Tesco reported second-quarter sales growth of 6.3 per cent up on a first-quarter rise of 5.8 per cent.
Sainsbury's reported growth of 0.3 per cent in the first quarter was down on the previous year's 2.7 per cent rise.
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