戦う／戦い of the British supermarkets: Asda's sales growth lags behind its 競争相手s in 最新の blow for the 億万長者 Issa brothers - but where does YOUR favourite 階級?
Asda was today 明らかにする／漏らすd to be lagging behind its 競争相手s in sales growth まっただ中に 猛烈な／残忍な 競争 の中で British supermarkets as its 億万長者 owners try to 削減（する） costs.
The retailer, which was bought by the Issa brothers and 私的な 公正，普通株主権 会社／堅い TDR 資本／首都 from US group Walmart in 2021, saw sales rise just 1.9 per cent in a year.
The growth was 井戸／弁護士席 behind that of its main 競争相手s ? with Sainsbury's at 7.6 per cent, Tesco at 6.2 per cent and Morrisons at 3.1 per cent, によれば Kantar 分析家s.
The biggest sales 増加する was seen from Lidl at 10.9 per cent, while Aldi was up 5.7 per cent, Ocado 4.9 per cent, Waitrose 3.8 per cent, Morrisons 3.1 per cent and アイスランド 2.1 per cent. Only the Co-op was lower than Asda, at 1.4 per cent growth.
Asda's market 株 has also dropped from 14.3 per cent to 13.8 per cent in a year ? and is 負かす／撃墜する from 14.8 per cent three years ago at the time of the 引き継ぎ／買収 in 2021.
The 億万長者 Issa brothers Mohsin (left) and Zuber (権利) bought Asda in 早期に 2021?
It comes as Asda 戦う／戦いs to 削減（する） costs while 直面するing hundreds of millions of 続けざまに猛撃するs in 利益／興味 支払い（額）s まっただ中に a £4.2billion 負債 pile, 報告（する）／憶測d the Daily Telegraph.
Ten years ago Asda was in a far stronger position with a 16.9 per cent 株 of the market, but it has since come under 激しい 圧力 from Lidl and Aldi.
In 返答, Asda - which 雇うs 151,000 people across the UK - 発表するd in January that it would match the prices of 287 items to those sold at the German discounters.
The 商売／仕事 said matching meant five items went up in price, 58 were 不変の, and 224 減少（する）d by an 普通の／平均（する） of 17 per cent.
Morrisons also 開始する，打ち上げるd a price match 計画／陰謀 with Aldi and Lidl on February 19.
And earlier this month, Asda said it planned to open 110 蓄える／店s in the UK in February as part of its goal to reach 1,000 shops across the country.
The chain is 変えるing 109 Co-op and EG Group convenience 場所／位置s to Asda 表明する 蓄える／店s as part of a multi-million-続けざまに猛撃する 投資.
Asda wants to become the UK's second largest grocery retailer, but is 現在／一般に in third 位置／汚点／見つけ出す behind Sainsbury's ? with a 株 of 13.8 per cent compared to its 競争相手's 15.6 per cent.
Asda 計画（する）s to turn all 470 convenience 場所／位置s acquired from the Co-op and EG Group into 表明する 蓄える／店s by the end of March.
Asda 購入（する）d 132 燃料 forecourts and convenience 蓄える／店s from Co-op and EG in August 2022 for £438million.
The 取得／買収 was 認可するd in June 2023 after Asda agreed to sell 13 場所／位置s to 会合，会う 競争 必要物／必要条件s.
The supermarket had 変えるd 259 場所s by the end of last month.
Since its 引き継ぎ／買収 in 2021, Asda has been 拡大するing into the 速く growing £40billion convenience and £60billion food-to-go markets.
Several new 蓄える／店s are 開始 this month, 位置を示すd in different parts of the UK, from the 小島 of Skye in the Hebrides, to Plymouth in Devon and Ipswich in Suffolk.
Many of these 蓄える／店s will be 位置を示すd in southern England, an area where Asda has 伝統的に had いっそう少なく presence.
However Asda is also 直面するing a strike 脅し, with 400 GMB members at the Wisbech, Brighton Hollingbury, and Brighton Marina 投票（する）ing until March 5 on whether to take 産業の 活動／戦闘.
It comes after a strike at the retailer's Gosport 蓄える／店 on February 9, where almost 100 GMB members walked out in 抗議する at an 恐らく '有毒な' working 環境.
A graph from Kantar shows s upermarkets' market 株 for the 12 weeks to February 18, 2024
And last December, bosses at Asda told MPs there were 'no gaps' in its 財政／金融s まっただ中に 批評 over the supermarket's accounting structures.
The chain also said nobody should be 関心d about its 負債s, にもかかわらず 確認するing it had £4.2billion 価値（がある） of 負債 across its different 登録（する）d companies in the UK.
に引き続いて the Kantar data 存在 解放（する）d, sources within Asda 主張するd the 商売／仕事 is 焦点（を合わせる）d on long 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 growth, まっただ中に hopes that 最近の 取得／買収s of both Co-Op and EG 場所／位置s and 投資 throughout the 商売／仕事 will 耐える fruit in 近づいている data 始める，決めるs.?
一方／合間, Kantar 明らかにする／漏らすd yesterday that overall grocery price インフレーション had fallen to a two-year low as 猛烈な／残忍な 競争 の中で supermarkets 相殺する the cost of disruption to Red Sea shipping 大勝するs.
Supermarket prices were 5.3 per cent higher than a year ago in February, the lowest 率 since March 2022 and a 減少（する） 場内取引員／株価 the lowest 率 since March 2022 and a 重要な 減少（する） from January's 6.8 per cent.
Asda was today 明らかにする／漏らすd to be lagging behind its 競争相手s in sales growth (とじ込み／提出する picture)
昇進／宣伝s 増加するd again over the month after a 地位，任命する-Christmas 減産／沈滞, and 消費者s spent £586million more on them than in February last year.
However, Britons still 設立する room within their 予算s to celebrate Valentine's Day, with spending on steak and boxed chocolate up by 12 per cent and 16 per cent compared with last year.
The end of '乾燥した，日照りの January' saw total alcohol sales jumping by 18 per cent in 容積／容量 条件 on the previous month, with 消費者s buying 28 per cent more ワイン and 16 per cent more beer and lager.
Red ワイン was 特に popular, with eight million more 瓶／封じ込めるs bought this month than in January.
Tom Steel, 戦略の insight director at Kantar, said: 'Things are looking up for shoppers this February.
'消費者s have been navigating a grocery インフレーション 率 of more than 4 per cent for two years now, so this 最新の 緩和 of price rises is 特に welcome.
'Though there's been lots of discussion about the 衝撃 the Red Sea shipping 危機 might have on the cost of goods, supermarkets have been pulling out all the stops to keep prices 負かす／撃墜する and help people manage their 予算s.'
The sales 人物／姿／数字s were calculated over the 12 weeks to February 18 this year, compared to the 12 weeks to February 19 last year.
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