Food sales are down for the third month in a row, in both like-for-like (LFL) and total terms, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
LFL and total sales of food were down 3.5% and 1.4% in July respectively. This was largely due to a tough comparable period in July 2013, when events like Wimbledon and the birth of the royal baby helped food sales reach record growth. The decline in sales has worsened this month as expected, although the…
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