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Food retailers outshine general economy at start of 2025

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Food retailers provided the UK with one of its few brighter spots in January as the economy overall shrank by 0.1%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Manufacturing output fell by 1.1% but retail food sales held up thanks to people going out…

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