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Online grocery shopping a big Christmas winner with Lidl top of store-based

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Shoppers spent £19.6bn over the 4 weeks of Christmas to the 27 December 2025. A growth of +2.5%, according to new data released today by NielsenIQ (NIQ). Ecommerce was the fastest-growing channel at +9.9% with 29% of UK households shopping for groceries online over Christmas.…

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