<Table> <Tr> <Th> Supermarket </Th> <Th> Image </Th> <Th> Founded / came to UK </Th> <Th> Owned by </Th> <Th> August 2017 Market share </Th> <Th> February 2017 Market share </Th> <Th> 2015 Market share </Th> <Th> 2007 Market share </Th> <Th> 2000 Market share </Th> <Th> Number of stores </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Aldi </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1990 </Td> <Td> Aldi Süd GmbH </Td> <Td> 7.0 </Td> <Td> 6.2 </Td> <Td> 5.3 </Td> <Td> 2.6 </Td> <Td> 1.5 </Td> <Td> 726 </Td> <Td> No frills supermarket </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Asda </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1949 </Td> <Td> Walmart through subsidiary Corinth Services Ltd </Td> <Td> 15.3 </Td> <Td> 15.6 </Td> <Td> 17.1 </Td> <Td> 16.6 </Td> <Td> 14.1 </Td> <Td> 603 </Td> <Td> Founded from the merger of Associated Dairies and the Asquith family owned Queens Supermarket , originally called ASDA Queens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Booths </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1847 </Td> <Td> Booth Family and staff </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> Found in Lancashire , Cumbria , Yorkshire , and Cheshire . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Budgens </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1872 </Td> <Td> Booker Group </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0.4 </Td> <Td> 0.4 </Td> <Td> 0.4 </Td> <Td> 190 </Td> <Td> Found in England and Wales , with stores up to 10,000 square feet ( 930 m ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Co-op , * and Co-op Food or The Co-operative Food </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1844 </Td> <Td> Various consumers ' co-operatives </Td> <Td> 6.3 </Td> <Td> 6.0 </Td> <Td> 6.0 </Td> <Td> 4.4 </Td> <Td> 5.4 </Td> <Td> 4,022 </Td> <Td> Identities shared by about 20 retail co-operatives , including : <Ul> <Li> The Co-operative Group </Li> <Li> East of England Co-operative Society </Li> <Li> Midcounties Co-operative </Li> <Li> Central England Co-operative </Li> <Li> Scotmid </Li> </Ul> <P> See also : The Co-operative Group # List of corporate members </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Farmfoods </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1955 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> 0.7 </Td> <Td> 0.5 </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> 320 </Td> <Td> - </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fulton 's Foods </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> UK private company </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> 100 </Td> <Td> Small supermarket chain based in South Yorkshire with branches across the Midlands and North of England </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Heron Foods </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> UK private company </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> 290 </Td> <Td> Primarily frozen foods ; operates stores throughout the Midlands and the North in 2017 Cooltrader were rebranded as Heron foods , five years after being sold to that company . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Iceland </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1970 </Td> <Td> 2.1 </Td> <Td> 2.1 </Td> <Td> 2.3 </Td> <Td> 2.2 </Td> <Td> 1.6 </Td> <Td> 2.8 </Td> <Td> 850 </Td> <Td> First store opened at Oswestry , Shropshire in 1970 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lidl </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1994 </Td> <Td> Lidl Stiftung & Co . KG </Td> <Td> 5.2 </Td> <Td> 4.5 </Td> <Td> 3.7 </Td> <Td> 2.2 </Td> <Td> 1.3 </Td> <Td> 670 </Td> <Td> No frills supermarket </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marks & Spencer </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1884 </Td> <Td> Publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3.8 </Td> <Td> 4.3 </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> 852 </Td> <Td> Clothing and food retailer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Morrisons </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1899 </Td> <Td> Publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange </Td> <Td> 10.4 </Td> <Td> 10.9 </Td> <Td> 10.9 </Td> <Td> 11.2 </Td> <Td> 4.9 </Td> <Td> 569 </Td> <Td> Fourth biggest supermarket in the UK </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ocado </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> Publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange </Td> <Td> 1.4 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Online only , product supply partnership with Waitrose ; outsourced branded delivery partnership with Morrisons </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sainsbury 's </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1869 </Td> <Td> Publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange </Td> <Td> 15.8 </Td> <Td> 16.5 </Td> <Td> 16.9 </Td> <Td> 16.2 </Td> <Td> 17.9 </Td> <Td> 1,304 </Td> <Td> Superstores , as well as ' Local ' and ' Central ' sites </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tesco </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1919 </Td> <Td> Publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange </Td> <Td> 27.8 </Td> <Td> 28.1 </Td> <Td> 28.4 </Td> <Td> 31.6 </Td> <Td> 25.0 </Td> <Td> 3,493 ( UK ) </Td>
who is the largest supermarket chain in the uk
Aldi