OVERALL British grocery sales in the 12 weeks to 28 February were up 0.5% compared to the previous year according to analyst Kantar Worldpanel.
But the firm suggests independent and symbol store sales were down by 2% and that most of the growth could once again be accounted for by the major discounters Aldi, said to be up by 15%, and Lidl, up almost 19%.
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Among the big four supermarkets Kantar Worldpanel found Sainsbury’s performed best, up 0.5% in line with the overall market.
But Asda was down 4% on the preceding year, Morrisons has dropped by 3.2% and Tesco was down 0.8%.
The Co-operative continued to return strong results in the Kantar Worldpanel survey.
Co-op sales were shown to be up by 1.9% and its share was 6%.
