There are no changes in positioning in the retailer chart this week with Morrisons, Safeway and Tesco remaining the top three.
Competition has increased with just two percentage points separating them.
Safeway remains strong on confectionery lines while Morrisons and Tesco feature a large number of promotions on alcoholic drinks. Buy one get one free offers are particularly widely used in Morrisons.
Alcoholic drinks and confectionery continue at numbers one and two respectively in the category chart.
Confectionery has increased its presence in store and begins to close on alcoholic drinks with less than one percentage point separating them. Soft drinks moves up the chart by one place to come in at number three using a number of multibuy offers situated on gondola ends.
There is just one new entry in the chart this week ­ frozen ­ which comes in at number four securing its place with buy one get one free offers.
Cadbury's remains at number one for another week in the brand chart, although it has lost ground in terms of the number of percentage points held, standing just six percentage points ahead of number two, whereas last week it was 17 ahead. Nestlé ­oves up to second place with a large number of price promotions. Stella Artois moves up two places to number five. There are three new entries in the chart, including Birds Eye, Walkers and Carlsberg.
In the own label chart household takes the top spot, pushing frozen down to number two. Cakes and biscuits enters at number three featuring price promotions and multibuy offers on gondola ends.

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