Supermarket sales up 1.1% in August

Supermarket sales rose by 1.1% in August, figures from Kantar Worldpanel show. Aldi and Lidl continued to dominate the increase in sales, with growth of 10.4% and 12.2% respectively. Asda reported a 5.5% fall in sales in the 12 weeks ended 14 August, while sales at Morrison fell 1.8%. A 0.4% fall in Tesco’s sales was the smallest decrease in six months. Sales at Sainsbury’s fell 0.6%. Click here for the full Independent article Click here for the full FT article (£) Click here for the full Daily Telegraph article Click here for the full Times article (£)