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Food sales down in May despite slight overall rise in retail

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Food sales fell in May even though retail figures overall showed a marginal rise of 0.3%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS said that while overall spending is well up on before the pandemic, this is caused by inflation. Sales volumes remain slightly lower than pre-pandemic levels. Samantha Phillips, partner at …

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