The big four

Latest figures released on the 8th Feburary show how Tesco and the other big three, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrision’s dominate the grocery market. But with the supermarkets selling almost anything you can think of smaller retailers not just grocers are being threatened with closure. The industry is dominated by the big names and even big retail chains such as Waitrose or Iceland have been pushed onto the margins.

The breakdown shows that Tecso has a 30.6% share of the market far more than its nearest rivals Asda (16.6%) and Sainsbury's (16.3%) they are followed by Morriosn's who have a 11.1% share.

Somefield (5.4%) Waitrose (3.7%) and Iceland (1.8%) are the next biggest three retailers the other 14.5% is made up of smaller retailers.