Food & drink UK purchase trend (quarterly) 2014-2022

During the first quarter of 2022, households in the United Kingdom purchased approximately 30.78 billion British pounds worth of food and non-alcoholic drinks. By the fourth quarter of 2022 this had increased to 33.15 billion British pounds.

Quarterly expenditure on food and non-alcoholic beverages in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2014 to 4th quarter of 2022, based on volume* (in million GBP)

Characteristic	Expenditure in million GBP
Q4 2022	33,153
Q3 2022	32,270
Q2 2022	31,100
Q1 2022	30,783
Q4 2021	30,214
Q3 2021	30,652
Q2 2021	30,993
Q1 2021	30,509
Q4 2020	29,394
Q3 2020	29,410
Q2 2020	29,854
Q1 2020	29,435
Q4 2019	27,851
Q3 2019	27,528
Q2 2019	27,197
Q1 2019	27,267
Q4 2018	27,332
Q3 2018	27,173
Q2 2018	26,499
Q1 2018	26,488
Q4 2017	26,400
Q3 2017	26,320
Q2 2017	27,030
Q1 2017	26,160
Q4 2016	26,145
Q3 2016	26,136
Q2 2016	25,521
Q1 2016	23,835
Q4 2015	23,853
Q3 2015	23,853
Q2 2015	23,598
Q1 2015	23,549
Q4 2014	23,580
Q3 2014	23,589
Q2 2014	23,508
Q1 2014	23,542

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Release date

March 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2014 to Q4 2022

Supplementary notes

* Household final consumption expenditure based on chained volume measures (seasonally adjusted). Figures are given here in volume terms rather than value terms to give a better picture of whether households purchased more or less goods and services over the period in consideration. Base year: 2019

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