LONDON (Reuters) - Sainsbury's (L:SBRY) was the only one of Britain's "big four" supermarkets to record year-on-year sales growth in the 12 weeks to Feb. 23, although it still lost market share to discounters Aldi and Lidl, according to researchers Kantar.
Sales at Sainsbury's rose 0.3%, Kantar said on Tuesday, whereas market leader Tesco (L:TSCO) recorded a dip of 0.8%, Asda was down 1.2% and Morrisons (L:MRW) fell 2.0%.
Lidl was the fastest growing supermarket for the first time since 2017, with sales up 11.4% in the period, taking its market share to 5.8%, Kantar said. Its bigger rival Aldi recorded growth of 5.7%, giving it a 7.9% market share.
The impact of the coronavirus crisis has been seen at the tills, with sales of hand sanitiser up 255% in February while liquid soaps grew by 7%, Kantar said.
