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Food sales up, but still lagging behind other retail sectors

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Food store sales continued to trail behind overall retail sales in June, according to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Despite a slight rise in food sales in June of 0.3%, compared with May, this was less than the 1% rise…

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