Aldi and Lidl continue to grow UK market share

German discounters Aldi and Lidl have enjoyed three months of booming growth as more than half of British households visited at least one of the stores, according to latest industry data.

Tesco, Britain’s biggest supermarket, saw sales slide 1% as its market share fell by 0.6% to 28.2%, while Asda retained second position despite market share falling to 16.7%, with sales down by 2.9% compared with a year ago, figures from Kantar Worldpanel show.