Aldi maintained its position as the UK’s fastest growing grocer amid a summer of huge growth in the sector thanks to the hot weather.
According to the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel’s UK Grocery Market Share analysis, the grocery sector grew 3.5 per cent in the 12 weeks to August 12 2018. This was aided by the exceptionally hot summer, which saw UK shoppers spend an extra £67 million on alcoholic drinks throughout July, alongside a jump in both soft drink and non-alcoholic beer sales growing 28 per cent and 58 per cent respectively.
All of the Big 4 grocers enjoyed growth over the period, with Morrisons regaining its position as the fastest growing with a sales increase of 2.7 per cent.
