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UK Christmas grocery sales rose 2.5% year-on-year, says NielsenIQ
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 5, 2026
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 5, 2026
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
UK grocery sales hit £19.6 billion in December, a 2.5% rise from last year, though volume sales dropped 0.2%, NielsenIQ reports.
LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - UK grocery sales were 19.6 billion pounds ($26.4 billion) over the four weeks to December 27, an increase of 2.5% on the previous year, market researcher NielsenIQ said on Monday.
However, it said sales on a volume basis fell 0.2% year-on-year.
($1 = 0.7429 pounds)
(Reporting by James Davey, Editing by Paul Sandle)
Grocery sales refer to the total revenue generated from the sale of food and household products in grocery stores over a specific period.
Year-on-year growth is a comparison of a company's performance in one period to the same period in the previous year, often expressed as a percentage.
Market research is the process of gathering, analyzing, and interpreting information about a market, including information about the target audience and competitors.
Volume basis in sales refers to measuring sales performance based on the quantity of products sold rather than the revenue generated.
Consumer perception is how consumers view and interpret a brand or product based on their experiences, beliefs, and feelings.
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