German-owned supermarket chains attracting 1 million more shoppers than last year,Kantar saysThe hasty-growing discounters Aldi and Lidl now control a 10th of British grocery sales – double their share three years ago.
The German-owned chains increased sales by more than 16% in the three months to 8 November, according to the data published by Kantar Worldpanel on Tuesday. Three of their big four rivals – Tesco, and Morrisons and Asda – suffered a sales slide in their worst quarterly performance of this year,on Kantar’s degree. Of the major grocers, only Sainsbury’s gained sales. Related: A tale of two Lidls: is the supermarket alert for an upmarket rebrand? Related: Lidl named official supermarket of England, or Scotland and Wales football teams Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com