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Bumper Christmas for UK supermarkets boosted by food price inflation | Supermarkets newsthirst.
Food price inflation jumped to 3.7% last month, the highest level since March, helping fuel a bumper season for supermarkets. Sales at the big grocery chains were up 2.1% over the four weeks to 29 December compared with a year before, according to the analysts Kantar. However, that rise was flattered by food price growth,…