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Official figures confirm weaker Christmas food sales this year

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Food sales volumes fell by 1.9% in December compared with the same month a year before, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures. The ONS said sales volumes fell most in supermarkets, but also dropped in smaller specialist food stores as well as “off-licences…

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