British grocers' sales growth at five-year high on rising food prices

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LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) - British supermarkets recorded

their highest sales growth in five years in the latest quarter,

driven by rising food prices, industry data showed on Tuesday.

Market researcher Kantar Worldpanel said UK supermarket

industry sales rose 5.0 percent in the 12 weeks to June 18.

The main factor was grocery inflation which rose to 3.2

percent in the period, up from 2.9 percent in last month's data,

although a spate of hot weather and weak sales in the same

period last year also influenced.

Market leader Tesco (Frankfurt: 852647 - news) recorded its highest sales

growth since 2012, with a rise of 3.5 percent, sending its

shares up by as much as 2.4 percent.

"Tesco has attracted a further 369,000 shoppers and

increased sales across all channels, rising fastest online and

through its (larger) Extra stores," said Fraser McKevitt, head

of retail and consumer insight at Kantar Worldpanel.

However, Tesco and its "big four" rivals Sainsbury (Amsterdam: SJ6.AS - news) 's

, Asda and Morrisons, all continued to

lose market share to discounters Aldi and Lidl

, who recorded sales growth of 18.7 percent and 18.8

percent respectively.

Kantar Worldpanel said the current rate of inflation equated

to an extra 133 pounds ($169.5) on the average UK household's

annual shopping bill.

It highlighted the price of butter, up 20 percent

year-on-year, and a 14 percent rise in fresh and tinned fish.

Separately on Tuesday, a YouGov (LSE: YOU.L - news) survey showed Britain's

messy election outcome and a weakening of the housing market

caused a sharp loss of confidence among consumers.

Market share and sales (percent):

12 wks to 12 wks to pct change

June 18 2017 June 19 2016 in sales

Tesco 27.8 28.2 3.5

Sainsbury's 16.0 16.3 3.1

Asda 15.1 15.6 2.2

Morrisons 10.6 10.8 3.7

Aldi 6.9 6.1 18.7

Co-Operative 6.1 6.3 2.2

Waitrose 5.2 5.2 5.3

Lidl 5.0 4.4 18.8

Iceland 2.2 2.1 7.4

Ocado 1.3 1.3 10.7

Source: Kantar Worldpanel

($1 = 0.7849 pounds)

(Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Paul Sandle and Edmund

Blair)