
Aldi is rapidly closing in on struggling Asda in the race to be Britain’s third biggest supermarket behind Tesco and Sainsbury’s, latest figures show today.
Data from analysts Kantar for March showed that the German discounter hit a record 11% market share of Britain’s grocery sector as it prepares to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the opening of its first UK store in Stechford, Birmingham, on 5 April 1990.