Data: Supermarket sales to top £13bn this month for first time ever

UK supermarket sales are set to exceed £13bn for the first time over the four weeks of December, driven by a surge in premium product lines as shoppers gear up for Christmas, new data from Kantar reveals.
Take-home sales increased by 2.5% for the four weeks to 1 December, with festive shopping already in full swing.
Sales of premium own-label products in particular, saw a boost, with the proportion of spending on these items climbing to 5%, and expected to reach nearly 7% by the end of Dec