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Tuesday, 5 January 2016

Largest UK Supermarkets

Supermarket analysis: This was for me to help better gauge where supermarkets sat in terms of each other. This table does not make reference to the social standing and pricing sturcutre of stores, but only figures on percentage markets share and store numbers

Supermarket Number of Stores (all sizes)
(Approx)
Founded/Came to UK Owned By Market Share
(April 2015)
Market Share
(2007)
Market Share
(2000)
Aldi 530 1990 Aldi Süd Gmb 5.3 2.6 1.5
Asda 577 1949 Wal-Mart 17.1 16.6 14.1
The Co-operative Food 2800 Various Co-op societies 6.0 4.4 5.4
Farmfoods 320 1955 0.7 0.5
Iceland 850 1970 2.2 1.6 2.8
Lidl 600 1994 Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG 3.7 2.2 1.3
Marks & Spencer 850 1884 Public - London Stock Exchange 3.8 4.3
Morrisons 569 1899 Public - London Stock Exchange 10.9 11.2 4.9
Ocado Online Only 2002 Public - London Stock Exchange
Sainsbury's 500 supermarkets and 700 convenience stores 1869 Public - London Stock Exchange 16.9 16.2 17.9
Tesco 479 250(Extra) 178(metro) 1713(Express) 1919 Public - London Stock Exchange 28.4 31.6 25.0
Waitrose 344 1904 John Lewis Partnership 5.1 3.9 2.7
Whole Foods Market 431 2004 Publicly traded on NASDAQ


Longest Standing Store: Sainsbury's
Most amount of Stores: Tesco
Largest Market Share:Tesco


Sources
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-3030079/British-shoppers-quids-prices-fall-fastest-rate-records-began-Aldi-UK-s-sixth-biggest-supermarket.html
http://www.fooddeserts.org/images/supshare.htm
http://www.musgravegroup.com/en/news/news_article/Musgrave_Group_Agrees_Sale_of_Budgens_and_Londis_to_Booker.php
"Annual Report 2013: Performance against our plan". Marks & Spencer. 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
http://corporate.marksandspencer.com/investors/9e6d85996d984de181a50d1303f1c998