Food, drink & tobacco retail sales growth (year on year) 2022

This statistic depicts the year-on-year change in the retail value of food, drink and tobacco sales in Great Britain (GB) from January 2015 to September 2022. The retail sales value grew by 13.2 percent in March 2020 compared to the same month a year earlier, the highest percentage increase in the sales value of food, drink and tobacco within the period under consideration. As of September 2022, sales value grew by 7.6 percent. For data on the index number of the sales value of alcoholic beverages, other beverages and tobacco per week, please see the following.

Year-on-year change in food, drink and tobacco product sales value in Great Britain from January 2015 to November 2022

Characteristic	Percentage change in sales value
Aug 22	7.6%
Jul 22	6.4%
Jun 22	2.6%
May 22	2.6%
Apr 22	0.7%
Mar 22	-7.6%
Feb 22	-3.8%
Jan 22	-3.4%
Dec 21	5.5%
Nov 21	0%
Oct 21	2.1%
Sep 21	0%
Aug 21	-0.8%
Jul 21	1.7%
Jun 21	-0.3%
May 21	-2.6%
Apr 21	0.9%
Mar 21	3.4%
Feb 21	8.9%
Jan 21	8.6%
Dec 20	3.9%
Nov 20	10.7%
Oct 20	6.8%
Sep 20	6.3%
Aug 20	6.9%
Jul 20	5.8%
Jun 20	11.4%
May 20	11.1%
Apr 20	8.1%
Mar 20	13.2%
Feb 20	4.2%
Jan 20	5.2%
Dec 19	2.3%
Nov 19	3%
Oct 19	3.8%
Sep 19	4.7%
Aug 19	3.6%
Jul 19	2.9%
Jun 19	4.9%
May 19	4%
Apr 19	10.7%
Mar 19	3.8%
Feb 19	5.9%
Jan 19	6.2%
Dec 18	4.6%
Nov 18	5.4%
Oct 18	4.7%
Sep 18	5.9%
Aug 18	6.8%
Jul 18	8%
Jun 18	5.3%
May 18	5.3%
Apr 18	-2%
Mar 18	6.4%
Feb 18	3.1%
Jan 18	2.9%
Dec 17	4.8%
Nov 17	3%
Oct 17	2.9%
Sep 17	1.7%
Aug 17	1.7%
Jul 17	2.9%
Jun 17	2.3%
May 17	3.5%
Apr 17	7.2%
Mar 17	1.3%
Feb 17	2.4%
Jan 17	0.4%
Dec 16	4.2%
Nov 16	3.2%
Oct 16	4.3%
Sep 16	1.8%
Aug 16	5.2%
Jul 16	2.8%
Jun 16	0.7%
May 16	1.2%
Apr 16	2.5%
Mar 16	0.1%
Feb 16	0.5%
Jan 16	0.6%
Dec 15	1.2%
Nov 15	0%
Oct 15	-0.9%
Sep 15	1.7%
Aug 15	-1.1%
Jul 15	-0.7%
Jun 15	0.4%
May 15	1.2%
Apr 15	-5.3%
Mar 15	3.7%
Feb 15	-2.7%
Jan 15	-2.4%