Profits at the British arm of supermarket chain Lidl have more than quadrupled with it having undertaken an ambition expansion of stores and customers over the year, it said.
Pre-tax profits reached £41.1 million in the year to February 28, surging 319% from the £9.8 million posted the same time last year.
It also saw revenues edge up by 1.5%, totalling £7.8 billion in the latest financial year, up from £7.7 billion the previous year.