Aldi, Lidl U.K. Market Share Continues to Rise -Survey
October 17 2017 - 4:15AM
Dow Jones News
By Adria Calatayud
German retailers Aldi and Lidl continue to take market share
from the top four U.K. grocery chains--Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and
Morrisons--a survey from Kantar Worldpanel showed Tuesday.
Aldi's (ALD.YY) U.K. market share rose to 6.8% in the 12 weeks
ended Oct. 8, compared with 6.2% in the same period a year earlier,
while Lidl increased its share from 4.6% to 5.2% , Kantar said.
Kantar monitors the household grocery purchasing habits of 30,000
demographically representative households in the U.K.
The combined market share of the two German retailers grew to
12% in the 12 weeks to Oct. 8, up from 10.8% the prior year, the
survey showed.
"Aldi and Lidl collectively added an additional 390 million
pounds ($517.9 million) in sales this quarter, which accounts for
half of the entire market's overall growth this period," said
Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar
Worldpanel.
Aldi's sales in the 12 weeks grew 13.4% to GBP1.74 billion,
while Lidl's sales rose 16% to GBP1.33 billion.
Tesco PLC (TSCO.LN) maintained its position as the leading
grocer in the U.K., according to Kantar, despite its market share
declining to 27.9% in the latest 12 weeks, from 28.2% in the
comparable period. Tesco's sales in the 12 weeks were GBP7.12
billion, up 2.1%.
J Sainsbury PLC's (SBRY.LN) market share in the 12 weeks ended
Oct. 8 fell to 15.8%, from 16%, while sales have increased 1.9% to
GBP4.02 billion, Kantar reported.
Asda, a subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), saw its market
share fall to 15.4%, from 15.6% for the comparable 12 weeks, with
sales 1.8% higher at GBP3.93 billion. Wm. Morrison Supermarkets
PLC's (MRW.LN) market share declined to 10.3%, from 10.4%, while
sales increased by 2.8% to GBP2.63 billion.
The market share of up-market retailer Waitrose, a division of
John Lewis Partnership PLC (LEJ.YY), fell slightly to 5.3% in the
12 weeks to Oct. 8, from 5.4%, while sales climbed 2.3% to GBP1.36
billion, Kantar added.
Kantar data also showed that combined U.K. supermarket sales
increased 3.1% in the 12 weeks ended Oct. 8, marking the 17th
period of growth in a row for Britain's grocers.
Write to Adria Calatayud at
adria.calatayudvaello@dowjones.com
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