In the week ending on March 8 of 2020, beverages sales rose by 9.3 percent and packaged food increased by around 15.7 percent compared to a year before. In contrast, sales of fresh foods and alcohol only increased by 3.2 percent each. About two months later in the Week ending on May 3, beverage sales had almost normalized compared to the prior year. However, by now Frozen food sales showed an increase of 27.5 percent compared to the same week of 2019. In the week ending on May 17, frozen foods sales had grown even more as had alcohol sales that now stood at a 29.1 percent increase compared to the same week in 2019.
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Year on Year changes in sales of edible groceries due to the coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom from March to May 2020, by category
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IRI. (June 5, 2020). Year on Year changes in sales of edible groceries due to the coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom from March to May 2020, by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105931/coronavirus-changes-in-edible-grocery-purchases-united-kingdom/
IRI. "Year on Year changes in sales of edible groceries due to the coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom from March to May 2020, by category." Chart. June 5, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105931/coronavirus-changes-in-edible-grocery-purchases-united-kingdom/
IRI. (2020). Year on Year changes in sales of edible groceries due to the coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom from March to May 2020, by category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105931/coronavirus-changes-in-edible-grocery-purchases-united-kingdom/
IRI. "Year on Year Changes in Sales of Edible Groceries Due to The Coronavirus Pandemic in The United Kingdom from March to May 2020, by Category." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105931/coronavirus-changes-in-edible-grocery-purchases-united-kingdom/
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