The outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the United Kingdom has caused an increase in consumer spending in grocery stores across the country. Compared to the same period in the previous year sales in the 12 week period ending on the 22nd of March have increased by double digits for Aldi, Iceland, Ocado and Lidl. With Lidl showing the biggest growth in sales with 17.6 percent. Morrisons showed the smallest growth in sales with 4.6 percent. Of the big four supermarkets (Asda, Sainsbury's, Teso and Morrisons), Sainsbury's saw the biggest increase in sales numbers.
Y-o-y grocery sales changes due to the coronavirus outbreak in the United Kingdom in the 12 weeks ending on the 22nd of March, by store
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Kantar Worldpanel. (March 31, 2020). Y-o-y grocery sales changes due to the coronavirus outbreak in the United Kingdom in the 12 weeks ending on the 22nd of March, by store [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108853/grocery-sales-increase-in-the-united-kingdom-coronavirus/
Kantar Worldpanel. "Y-o-y grocery sales changes due to the coronavirus outbreak in the United Kingdom in the 12 weeks ending on the 22nd of March, by store." Chart. March 31, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108853/grocery-sales-increase-in-the-united-kingdom-coronavirus/
Kantar Worldpanel. (2020). Y-o-y grocery sales changes due to the coronavirus outbreak in the United Kingdom in the 12 weeks ending on the 22nd of March, by store. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108853/grocery-sales-increase-in-the-united-kingdom-coronavirus/
Kantar Worldpanel. "Y-o-y Grocery Sales Changes Due to The Coronavirus Outbreak in The United Kingdom in The 12 Weeks Ending on The 22nd of March, by Store." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108853/grocery-sales-increase-in-the-united-kingdom-coronavirus/
Kantar Worldpanel, Y-o-y grocery sales changes due to the coronavirus outbreak in the United Kingdom in the 12 weeks ending on the 22nd of March, by store Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108853/grocery-sales-increase-in-the-united-kingdom-coronavirus/ (last visited December 11, 2024)
Y-o-y grocery sales changes due to the coronavirus outbreak in the United Kingdom in the 12 weeks ending on the 22nd of March, by store [Graph], Kantar Worldpanel, March 31, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108853/grocery-sales-increase-in-the-united-kingdom-coronavirus/