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Lidl overtakes Waitrose

Geoff Riley

22nd August 2017

Gold dust for 3.3.2 - Market Share. Lidl has overtaken Waitrose to become the UK's 7th largest food retailer.

UK grocery share data (source: Kantel)

Tesco 27.8%
Sainsbury's 15.8%
Asda 15.3%
Morrisons 10.4%
Aldi 7%
Co-op 6.3%
Lidl 5.2%
Waitrose 5.1%

Lidl tops Waitrose to become UK's seventh biggest grocer https://t.co/w9wU6M81gw

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August 22, 2017

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Lidl overtakes Waitrose to become seventh-largest supermarket in the UKhttps://t.co/A7ZcqbtIS8 pic.twitter.com/2xEiDYpp0Y

— City A.M. (@CityAM) August 22, 2017

Some more reaction / links to relevant articles:

Lidl has overtaken Waitrose to become Britain's seventh largest supermarket https://t.co/WlMYbyUwMk

— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 22, 2017

Wow. Aldi and Lidl growing sales at 17% and 19% respectively yoy in UK. Now have combined share of 12.2%. https://t.co/BuIJJuOh0F

— Wilfred Frost (@WilfredFrost) August 22, 2017

The Guardian view on grocery wars: Lidl Britain | Editorial https://t.co/VYKJ0fK1Ne

— Guardian Business (@BusinessDesk) August 22, 2017

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