date:Jan 07, 2014
its sales by 30 per cent from a year earlier, while Lidls share for the 12 week period was 3.1 per cent thanks to year-on-year growth of 15.5 per cent.
This ate into market shares of the major players, with Tescos slice falling to 29.9 per cent from 30.6 per cent a year earlier, while the strongest sales performance of the big four failed to prevent Sainsburys from slipping to 16.8 per cent from 17 per cent.
Sainsburys, which is first up with its third quarter figures on Wednesday, is expecte