The bar charts give information about the top five supermarket chains in the UK, including the big five stores, employee numbers, and their share of the market in September 2003.
Overall, Tesco had the largest market share and the highest number of employees, while Morrisons had the most stores but a smaller market share. Asda, Sainsbury’s, and Safeway occupied middle positions in terms of these factors.
When it comes to the number of stores, Morrisons had the highest store number with 730. This was much larger than Tesco, which had the smallest number of stores at 119. Asda and Sainsbury’s had a similar number of stores, with 380 and 463, respectively. Lastly, Safeway had 258 stores, making it the second-lowest in store numbers.
In terms of market share, Tesco was the leader with 26%, followed closely by others which made up 24.8% of the market. Asda had a 17% share, while Sainsbury’s held 16.2%. Safeway came next with 10%, and Morrisons had the smallest share at only 6%.
