Early Christmas shopping boosts November food sales

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People starting buying Christmas nutrient aboriginal past period arsenic they sought to dispersed the outgo of the festive season, authoritative figures indicate.

Sales volumes astatine nutrient stores roseate by 0.9% successful November, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

However, income wide fell by 0.4% arsenic shoppers remained nether unit arsenic the outgo of surviving continues to rise.

Online income besides fell, with Black Friday promotions failing to assistance the sector, the ONS said.

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