British supermarket sales up 3.6 pct in the summer - Kantar Worldpanel

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LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - British supermarket sales

increased by 3.6 percent in the 12 weeks to Sept. 10, largely

driven by higher inflation and extending a run of

above-3-percent growth to six months, industry data showed on

Tuesday.

Lidl grew the fastest, with an increase of 19.2

percent taking its share to a record high of 5.3 percent, Kantar

Worldpanel said, while growth at rival Aldi was 15.6

percent, resulting in a share of 6.9 percent.

Of the "big four" supermarkets, market leader Tesco (Swiss: TSCO.SW - news)

came out on top, with sales up 2.7 percent, although its share

was squeezed by 0.3 percentage points to 27.8 percent.

Sainsbury (Amsterdam: SJ6.AS - news) 's sales were up 2.1 percent, Asda

rose 1.5 percent and Morrisons was up 2.3 percent,

Kantar said.

Food inflation was 3.2 percent, compared with 3.3 percent in

the previous period.

Market share and sales growth (percent)

12 wks to 12 wks to pct change in

Sept.10, 2017 Sept. 11, 2016 sales

Tesco (Frankfurt: 852647 - news) 27.8 28.1 2.7

Sainsbury's 15.7 15.9 2.1

Asda 15.4 15.7 1.5

Morrisons 10.3 10.4 2.3

Aldi 6.9 6.2 15.6

Co-operative 6.3 6.6 -1.6

Lidl 5.3 4.6 19.2

Waitrose 5.3 5.3 2.4

Iceland 2.1 2.1 4.0

Ocado 1.4 1.3 10.1

(Reporting by Paul Sandle; editing by Kate Holton)