Price war hits Tesco market share

A fierce price war raging among the major supermarkets has eroded the dominance of market leader Tesco, industry figures have shown.

Tesco's share has slipped from 30.7% a year ago to 30.5% while its growth rate of 3.8% has fallen behind rivals, according to figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks to November 27.