date:Feb 12, 2014
d above making regular visits to their local independent.
James Russell, Rowans Commercial Director, said: Its no secret that Aldi and Lidl have grown recently they are big chains, so this gets noticed. However, their smaller rivals have also boomed, but this has slipped under the radar. Arguably the growth of British independent discounters is the more significant trend.
Most of the UKs discount stores are either independent, or part of a small chain. In 2013, companies that operated nine or