Slow growth for supermarket sector

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Asda was the only major supermarket to lift its market share in the last three months as the industry wades through its slowest growth for 11 years.

Wal-Mart-owned Asda saw its share of the grocery market rise to 17.1% from 17% a year ago, according to the latest till-roll figures from Kantar Worldpanel.