Kantar Worldpanel: Dunnes rivalling Aldi and Lidl for grocery sale growth

Dunnes Stores has rivalled the German discounters for grocery sales growth over the last three months, with its customer vouchering campaign giving it a 6.3% annualised boost at the till.

Latest grocery market share figures for the 12 weeks to June 21 from consumer insights agency Kantar Worldpanel show Dunnes to be the big mover in the period.

Its 6.3% increase in till sales followed a 4.1% year-on-year jump in the preceding 12-week period. Furthermore, the market share of Dunnes has crept up from 21.9% in May to 22.2% last month. The German discounters are the only two competitors seeing such levels of over-the-counter sales growth, with the latest survey showing a 5.3% increase for Aldi and a 6.4% jump for Lidl.