Shoppers cut back on trips to the supermarket over the past month to save petrol amid Britain’s fuel crisis, new figures have shown.
The latest Kantar data revealed that the average household made 15.5 store visits in the past four weeks – the lowest monthly figure since February.
It found that visits to forecourts in the south of England jumped by 66% on Friday September 24 at the height of the fuel crisis.
The figures showed overall grocery sales fell 1.2% year-on-year in the 12 weeks to October 3, although they remained 8.1% higher than before Covid-19.
But the fall in supermarket trips amid the fuel shortage meant online grocery sales were back on the up – rising by 12.4% against a 12.2% rise in September and following seven months of declines.
Kantar also showed further inflation pain for consumers, with like-for-like grocery prices up 1.7% in the past four weeks as the supply chain woes filter through to price tags.
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