Tesco controls 28% of market

Tesco’s dominance of the Irish grocery market has hit new highs with a record 28.4% market share, up from 27.4% a year ago.

Its growth comes at the expense of Dunnes (down 5.8%) and Superquinn (down 9.3%).

SuperValu, with sales up 1.8%, managed to increase market share to 19.8% despite the growth of Tesco and the surge of German discounters Aldi (+20.1%) and Lidl (+1.4%).