Supermarket sales have fallen from the peak highs seen a year ago when stores were stripped bare in panic buying as the Covid-19 pandemic first descended on the UK, new data shows.
Take-home grocery sales fell 1.6% during the 12 weeks to June 13 compared with 2020, according to Kantar, although they remain £3.3 billion higher than the same period two years ago.
The rise and rise of online grocery sales has also stabilised in the four weeks to June 13, remaining flat at 13.4% of the total market.
But pub reopenings failed to dent alcohol sales, with trading on booze up £29 million compared with May, Kantar added.
