Christmas spending reaches £1 billion more than last year

Christmas spending reaches £1 billion more than last year

The average household shrugged off economic worries to spend a record £1,054 on groceries over the three months including the Christmas period. According to the latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks to 31st December 2017, a record...
Supermarket sales on the rise, Kantar reveals

Supermarket sales on the rise, Kantar reveals

Kantar Worldpanel’s latest grocery market share figures for the 12 weeks to 5th November show that supermarket sales have increased in value by 3.2% year on year in the run up to Christmas. Fraser Mckevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar Worldpanel,...
Supermarkets enjoy 17 months of consecutive growth

Supermarkets enjoy 17 months of consecutive growth

Supermarket sales have increased by 3.1% in value, compared with last year, according to the latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks to 8th October. The figure marks the 17th period of uplift in a row for Britain’s grocers, despite...
Nisa votes ‘significantly’ in favour of Co-op acquisition

Co-op offers £137.5m to take over wholesaler Nisa

Co-op’s £137.5 million offer to acquire Nisa Retail has been “unanimously recommended” by Nisa’s board, with the bid remaining conditional on the approval of Nisa members and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Under the proposed deal, Co-op Group is offering...