Shoppers’ grocery spending hit a record high this Christmas with the average household paying out £460 on average, according to the latest Kantar data.More than £13bn passed through supermarket tills over the four weeks to Friday 29 December, with take-home grocery sales up 2.1 per cent year-on-year. Online spending over the period reached a record £1.6bn.Grocery price inflation rose to 3.7 per cent – the highest since March but this did not sto…

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Supermarkets celebrate bumper £13bn Christmas sales as food inflation hits 3.7%

The UK’s biggest supermarket chain reported UK and Ireland like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT, up 3.7% over the six weeks to January 4.

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The holiday period was a celebratory one for all in the UK, with record amounts of money spent on food and drink over Christmas. The increased spending however was not affected by the rising inflation levels in common supermarkets, with the highest growth since the turn of the year was recorded in Britain. Sales soared throughout major supermarket chains in the UK in December… Source

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Household spending on take-home groceries hit a record high this Christmas at £460 on average, according to the latest data from Kantar. Overall take-home sales at the grocers rose by 2.1% over the four weeks to 29 December compared with last year. Fraser McKevitt, head… This story continues at Festive fizz sales contribute to record take-home grocery spend Or just read more coverage at Talking Retail

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According to analysis by Kantar, grocery spending hit a record high over Christmas and households spent an average of £460. Inflation across supermarkets rose from 2.6% to 3.7% in November,… The post Grocery spending hits new high and inflation soars to 3.7% appeared first on London Business News

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UK grocery sales hit a record £14.6bn over the final three weeks before Christmas, aided by intense discounts and increased promotional activity. Grocery sales were bolstered by the highest level of promotions seen in three years, according to NIQ, with 27% of all FMCG sales being purchased on promotions. Total till sales rose 3.2% in the last four weeks ended 28th December. In-store visits were up 8% according to the marketing research firm, as…

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Food price inflation jumped to 3.7% last month, the highest level since March, helping fuel a bumper season for supermarkets,

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Supermarkets celebrate bumper Christmas as households’ spending reaches record £460 on average

Tesco and Sainsbury’s have emerged victorious in the battle for festive supermarket sales, witnessing increases of 5% and 3.5%, respectively, as UK consumers forked out a whopping £13bn on food shopping in the run-up to Christmas 2024. 
While the marketing and advertising industry obsessed over which TV ad was the most effective, it seems UK shoppers had already made up their minds, with Tesco’s gingerbread fest and Sainsbury’s The BFG seeing of…

Supermarkets celebrate bumper £13bn Christmas sales as food inflation hits 3.7%

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