Tesco and Morrisons lead Britain's 'big four' supermarkets-Kantar Worldpanel

LONDON, April 4 (Reuters) - British market leader Tescoand No. 4 Morrisons continued to outperformrival "big four" supermarkets in the 12 weeks to March 25, asboth recorded sales growth of 2.4 percent, industry datacompiled by Kantar Worldpanel showed on Wednesday.

Sales at number 2 Sainsbury's were up 0.6 percent,while Asda saw growth of 1.8 percent.

The big four continued to be outpaced by discounters Aldiand Lidl, whose sales were up 10.7 percent and 10.3percent respectively.

Grocery inflation was 2.5 percent during the period, downfrom 2.9 percent recorded by Kantar in March.(Reporting by Paul Sandle;Editing by Alistair Smout)