TNS Worldpanel is a division of the United Kingdom based global market information group TNS, which analyses the British grocery sector. Every month it publishes market share data for the United Kingdom grocery market for the preceding twelve week period, based on till-roll data from a representative cross-section of 25,000 households. This information is widely publicised in the business and general media in the United Kingdom, and is closely watched by retail analysts. TNS can stand for: The Natural Step, a sustainability framework . ...
The following table details the Market Share data for UK grocery retailers:
All figures in Percentages(%)
Date
Tesco
Asda
Sainsbury
Morrisons1
Somerfield2
Waitrose
Iceland
Netto
Lidl
Aldi
Farmfoods
Co-op
Independents
Others3
22 Apr 07
31.35
16.83
16.37
11.08
3.91
3.90
1.62
0.64
2.22
2.48
0.48
5
3
3.23
25 Feb 07
31.25
16.85
16.53
11.07
3.83
3.99
1.77
0.62
2.10
2.42
0.44
5
3
3.21
28 Jan 07
31.45
16.80
16.46
10.96
3.91
3.87
1.81
0.63
2.18
2.48
0.43
5
3
3.21
Note 1: Morrisons consists of Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC and Safeway Stores Ltd Note 2: Somerfield consists of both Somerfield and Kwik-Save Note 3: Others consists of all other frozen food stores, symbol stores, other multiples.
Marks and Spencer is omitted by TNS. Marks and Spencer plc (known also as M&S and sometimes colloquially as Marks and Sparks) is the largest retailer in the United Kingdom by sales. ...