UK: Discounters, Waitrose outperform middle ground - Kantar
By Michelle Russell | 24 April 2012
The top- and bottom-end of the UK grocery market is outperforming the middle ground, with the discounters and Waitrose benefitting from the hourglass effect and witnessing faster sales growth than the country's largest supermarkets.
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The top- and bottom-end of the UK grocery market is outperforming the middle ground, with the discounters and Waitrose benefitting from the hourglass effect and witnessing faster sales growth than the country's largest supermarkets.

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