Grocers defy retail slowdown with food sales jump
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Christmas has come early for grocers as a 0.6 per cent rise in food sales kept them above the September sales dip.
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Consumers across the UK are eager to make up for the “lost Christmas” of 2020. However, with the sector struggling under a defici...