UK grocery gross sales upward push 9.3% as COVID restrictions tighten

LONDON (Reuters) – British grocery gross sales increased by 9.3% within the 12 weeks to Nov. 1 year-on-year as customers in England ready for yet any other COVID-19 lockdown, market researcher Kantar said on Tuesday.

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland enacted novel COVID-19 health restrictions last month and England began a one-month lockdown last week to curb a 2d wave of a virus that has left the United Kingdom with Europe’s best death toll.

Kantar said there used to be no necessary spike in ask within the most latest four weeks as gross sales increased by a an identical 9.4%.

It said there used to be “restricted evidence” of stockpiling by customers.

Morrisons MRW.L, the fourth preferrred grocery store group, used to be the preferrred performer of Britain’s “substantial four” grocers with gross sales up 11.4% over the 12 week duration.

Gross sales at market chief Tesco TSCO.L beget been up 9.1% and up 7.6% at Sainsbury’s SBRY.L. Walmart WMT.N owned Asda used to be over again the laggard with command of 5.0%.