Aldi, Lidl Continue to Take Market Share from Top Four UK Grocers
March 07 2017 - 4:11AM
Dow Jones News
By Ian Walker
LONDON--German retailers Aldi and Lidl continue to take market
share from the top four U.K. grocers, two surveys showed
Tuesday.
Aldi's market share rose to a record 6.3% in the 12 weeks ended
Feb. 26, compared with 5.8% a year earlier, while Lidl's rose to
4.6%, from 4.2% in the 12 weeks ended Feb. 28, 2016, Kantar
Worldpanel said. Kantar monitors the household grocery purchasing
habits of 25,000 demographically representative households in the
U.K.
Separately, a survey by Nielsen Homescan shows that Aldi's
market share rose to 7.4% in the 12 weeks ended Feb. 25, from 6.8%
in the comparable period ended Feb. 27. 2016, while Lidl's rose to
4.8%, from 4.5%. Neilsen measures buying habits through its 15,000
geo-demographically balanced panel.
Still, at the top end of the scale, Tesco PLC (TSCO.LN) has
continued to increase sales for the sixth consecutive period,
despite losing market share. Sales for the number one grocer by
market share rose 0.6% to 7.85 billion pounds ($9.59 billion) in
the 12 weeks ended Feb. 26, while its market share fell to 27.9%,
from 28.4%, according to Kantar.
Sainsbury PLC's (SBRY.LN) market share in the 12 weeks ended
Feb. 26 has fallen to 16.5%, from 16.8%, while sales have risen
0.3% to GBP4.47 billion, Kantar reports.
Asda, a subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), saw its market
share fall to 15.7%, from 16.2% for the comparable 12 weeks, with
sales 0.8% lower at GBP4.26 billion. Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC's
(MRW.LN) market share was unchanged at 10.6%, but sales were 2.6%
higher at GBP2.88 billion
Up-market retailer Waitrose' market share rose to 5.3% in the 12
weeks ended Feb. 26, from 5.2% in the comparable period, and sales
climbed 2.9% to GBP1.43 billion, Kantar reports.
Aldi's sales in the 12 weeks have grown 13% to GBP1.72 billion,
while Lidl's sales have risen 13% to GBP1.25 billion.
According to Nielsen, Tesco's market share has dropped to 27.4%
in the 12 weeks ended Feb. 25, from 27.7% for the comparable period
ended Feb. 27, 2016, Sainsbury's fell to 15.8%, from 16.1%, Asda
fell to 14.3%, from 14.7% and Morrisons was unchanged at 10%.
-Write to Ian Walker at ian.walker@wsj.com
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