The latest TNS Worldpanel grocery market share figures, published today for the 12 weeks ending 13th July 2008 reveal that the success of the discounters is continuing. The Discounters now account for a 5.9% share of Grocery Spending, higher than ever before reported, and they are also the fastest-growing sector of the market. The total grocery market continues to grow strongly (+7% year-on-year), fuelled partly by food price inflation and also by better performance for Supermarkets than other Retail Outlets.
While the Discounters’ share in the UK has reached a new record, this level is still modest compared to the share they enjoy on the Continent (11% in France and 38% in Germany according to Europanel). Aldi and Lidl’s year-on-year growth stood at 20% and 14% respectively, reflecting their success in attracting more spend from hard-pressed shoppers, even though the majority of them still do most of their grocery shopping at the major supermarket chains.
Among the Top 4, both Asda and Morrisons enjoyed 9% growth, ahead of the market and yielding higher shares than last year. Tesco’s growth of 7% and Sainsbury’s of 6% were still creditable but slightly behind the overall market resulting in small share erosion. Such performance is indicative of the overall buoyancy but intense competition within the Grocery Sector in the current economic climate.
An update on inflation
As an update from last time’s figures, price inflation in Grocery increased to 5.8% for the 12 weeks ending June 15th 2008. This average, of course, masks a range of products from Dry Pasta (up 40%) and Eggs (up 34%) through staples like Bread (up 17%) and Milk (up 14%) to markets with minimal price inflation like Tea (up 2%) and Frozen Chips (down 4%).
This figure is based on 78,000 identical products compared year-on-year and therefore represents the most authoritative figure currently available.
Total Till Roll - Great Britain Consumer Spend
Includes all expenditure through main store tills and excludes petrol & instore concession
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12 Weeks to 15 July 2007
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12 Weeks to 13 July 2008
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change
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£000s
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% **
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£000s
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% **
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%
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Total Till Roll
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26,969,671
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28,042,540
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4.0
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Total Grocers
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18,987,479
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100.0%
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20,367,588
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100.0%
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7.3
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Total Multiples
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17,627,884
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92.8%
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18,966,860
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93.1%
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7.6
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Tesco
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5,988,872
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31.5%
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6,376,180
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31.3%
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6.5
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Asda
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3,168,035
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16.7%
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3,452,126
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16.9%
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9.0
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Sainsbury's
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3,069,365
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16.2%
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3,240,667
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15.9%
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5.6
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Morrisons
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2,112,271
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11.1%
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2,304,775
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11.3%
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9.1
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Somerfield
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726,204
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3.8%
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754,063
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3.7%
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3.8
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Kwik Save
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19,864
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0.1%
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-
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0.0%
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-100.0
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Waitrose
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742,082
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3.9%
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777,799
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3.8%
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4.8
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Iceland
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313,805
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1.7%
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355,197
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1.7%
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13.2
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Netto
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128,846
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0.7%
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128,377
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0.6%
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-0.4
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Lidl
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424,102
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2.2%
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484,654
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2.4%
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14.3
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Aldi
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498,759
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2.6%
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596,195
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2.9%
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19.5
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Farm Foods
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89,100
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0.5%
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103,310
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0.5%
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15.9
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Other Freezer Centres
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44,277
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0.2%
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49,270
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0.2%
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11.3
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Other Multiples
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302,300
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1.6%
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344,249
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1.7%
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13.9
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Total Coops
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826,235
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4.4%
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867,408
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4.3%
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5.0
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Total Independents
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533,360
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2.8%
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533,319
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2.6%
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0.0
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Total Symbols
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188,523
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1.0%
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189,451
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0.9%
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0.5
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Other Independents
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344,837
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1.8%
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343,868
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1.7%
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-0.3
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** = Percentage Share of Total Grocers
Note to editor
These findings are based on TNS Worldpanel data for the 12 weeks to 13th July 2008. TNS Worldpanel monitors the household grocery purchasing habits of 25,000 demographically representative households in Great Britain. All data discussed in the above announcement is based on the value of items being bought by these consumers, TNS will only support data that is published in the context we have presented it and our own interpretation of these findings. We cannot be held responsible for any other interpretation of these findings.
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