Rising food prices continue to inflate sales growth in UK

Published Tue, Feb 6, 2018 · 09:50 PM

London

BRITAIN's shoppers carried on spending more on food in January, reflecting the rise in inflation since the Brexit vote, while they again cut back on non-essential purchases, a survey showed on Tuesday.

The amount of money spent with retailers in January rose by 0.6 per cent compared with a year earlier, matching growth in December and November, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said.