Is Lidl set to become Britain’s fifth-biggest grocer?

Lidl supermarket

The latest Worldpanel by Numerator data came out earlier this week, with the headline figure being grocery price inflation reaching 5.2%. That equates to an unpleasant £275 extra per year on the average shopping bill, says the organisation previously known as Kantar Worldpanel. 

In not-unrelated news, Lidl also posted a record market share of 8.3% in take-home grocery sales in the 12 weeks to 13 July, 2025. The discounter now sits just 0.1 percentage points behind Morrisons and therefore in reaching distance of becoming the country’s fifth-biggest grocer.

 

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