26-07-2022 12:31 via thedrum.com

UK consumers are shopping little but often as inflation bites

The days of staggering home laden with bags of shopping may be over, according to a new retail survey conducted by NielsenIQ.
Documenting rapidly-evolving consumer behaviors in response to the cost-of-living crisis, Total Till found that while store footfall rose 10% v a year ago, sales volumes conspired to fall 4.1%.
The divergence was driven by a 9.4% decline in fish and poultry sales and a 6.4% fall in packaged grocery items. General household items also witnessed a significant 8.1% contracti
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