UK supermarket LFL Christmas sales 2016-2018

This statistic presents a comparison of like-for-like Christmas sales of eight supermarkets in the United Kingdom between 2016 and 2018. The data was collected from Christmas trading results and shows varying rates of growth in like-for-like sales. In 2018, Sainsbury's saw a decrease in LFL Christmas sales by 1.1 percent.

Comparison of like-for-like Christmas sales in supermarkets in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2016 to 2018, by supermarket chain

Characteristic	2016	2017	2018
Aldi*	15%	15%	10%
Lidl*	10%	16%	8%
Majestic Wine*	7.5%	1.3%	1.5%
Morrisons	3.3%	2.8%	3.6%
Waitrose	2.8%	1.5%	0.3%
Sainsbury's	1%	1.1%	-1.1%
Tesco	0.7%	1.9%	1.9%
Booths*	-	-	3.3%

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Release date

January 2019

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

September 23, 2016 to January 1, 2019

Special properties

UK sales

Supplementary notes

* Total sales growth figures rather than like-for-like growth. Reporting periods vary per retailer. End of reporting periods for 2018 are shown in brackets.

Aldi - 1 week (22/12/2018)
Booths - 3 weeks (05/01/2019)
Lidl - 6 weeks (30/12/2018)
Majestic wine - 10 weeks (31/12/2018)
Morrisons - 9 weeks (06/01/2019)
Sainsbury's - 15 weeks (05/01/2018)
Tesco - 6 weeks (05/01/2019)
Waitrose - 7 weeks (07/01/2019)