Ocado and Lidl Lead Christmas Sales Growth, Tesco Solid, Says Worldpanel
British online supermarket Ocado and discounter Lidl recorded the highest sales growth in the Christmas quarter, while market leader Tesco and number two Sainsbury's also delivered solid performances, industry data showed on Tuesday.
Market researcher Worldpanel by Numerator said overall grocery sales were 13.8 billion pounds ($18.7 billion) in the four weeks to December 28, up 3.8% year-on-year.
However, when grocery inflation of 4.3% is taken into account, sales on a volume basis were down. Inflation eased slightly from the 4.7% level recorded in the previous four week
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