Data: Grocery growth accelerates as shoppers stock up amid coronavirus fears
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar show grocery spend in the 12 weeks to February 23 was up 0.7% year on year as consumers stocked up on essentials amid fears over coronavirus.
Sales of hand sanitiser increased 255% in February, while liquid soaps increased 7% and household cleaning product sales soared 10%.
Ocado, which warned customers of “exceptionally high demand” this week and said shoppers were placing “particularly large orders”, saw its sales go up 10.4% during the period.
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