Lidl is close to overtaking Morrisons to become the UK’s fifth-biggest supermarket chain after a sales rise as shoppers attempted to offset higher household bills with cheap groceries.
The German-owned discounter increased sales by 10.7% in the three months to 11 August, according to the latest market share data from analysts at Worldpanel, formerly known as Kantar. This was more than double the pace of the wider market, which rose 4.5%.
