SuperValu retains retail top spot despite Tesco growth

SuperValu remains narrowly ahead of rival Tesco in the tussle for shoppers with the grocery market growing at the fastest rate since January 2017, according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel market share figures.

The grocery sector grew by €80m over the past 12 weeks — a 3.5% increase on the year before, according to Kantar.

Price deflation, which has held steady at -0.2%, has been offset by an increase in overall volume sales of 4.6%.