Who won the supermarket battle of 2012?

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The march of the discounters continued in 2012 with Aldi and Lidl storming ahead in the supermarket wars, while at the more upmarket end Waitrose and Sainsbury's came out top.

For Tesco it was a year to forget. Britain's largest retailer has finally thrown in the towel in America, joining a long list of British stores that have tried and failed to break into the US market.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%