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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

More detail available here

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

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff