date:Feb 12, 2014
fewer stores ran 3,468 of the nations discounters more than three times the number of Aldi and Lidl shops combined.
Russell said: Unlike Aldi or Lidl, independent discounters tend be on high streets, so are ideally-placed to benefit from the new trend of customers shopping around rather than buying all their goods in one weekly supermarket visit. At the same time, they are beginning to stock more popular brands, and stock them consistently. Put together, this means more customer visits, and i