# UK supermarket sales growth slows after summer holidays Published: 2024-09-18 Category: Business Category URL: https://business.express/category/business/ Meta Title: UK Supermarket Sales Growth Slows After Summer Holidays Meta Description: Discover why British supermarket sales growth slowed post-holidays & how online channel's share increased. Get the latest industry data insights. URL: https://business.express/uk-supermarket-sales-growth-slows-after-summer-holidays/ ![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm5qsmfaw001wwirgq3ggueqg/images/2024-09-18t070409z1lynxmpek8h064rtroptp4britain-grocers-1736747338423-compressed.jpg) LONDON (Reuters) – British supermarket sales growth slowed over the last month as consumers trimmed spending after their summer holidays, industry data showed on Wednesday. Market researcher NIQ said UK supermarket sales rose 4% in the four weeks to Sept. 7, after rising by 5.5% in last month’s report. “This slowdown in growth is likely due to cooler weather and a return to regular routines for shoppers after the summer break,” NIQ said. The researcher’s data, the most up-to-date snapshot of UK consumer behaviour, showed the online channel’s share of supermarket spend increased to 13% from 12.5% a year ago. Echoing data from rival market researcher Kantar last week, NIQ said online grocer Ocado was the fastest growing with sales growth of 15.4% over the 12 weeks to Sept. 7. Marks & Spencer was in second place with growth of 12.4% and discounter Lidl third with growth of 11.3%. Market leader Tesco saw sales growth of 5.3%, while No. 2 Sainsbury’s saw growth of 5.9%. No. 3 player Asda was again the laggard with a sales fall of 5.5% and it lost 1.3 percentage points of market share over the year. Separately on Wednesday, official UK data showed UK inflation stood at an annual rate of 2.2% in August, unchanged from July. Food inflation was 1.3%. (Reporting by James Davey; editing by Jason Neely) --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. ---