This content is provided by Square2021-03-15T08:00:00+00:00 About a year ago, the UK entered its first national lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. For retailers the shift has been seismic, with grocers experiencing some of the biggest changes. In the weeks before the first official social distancing measures were announced, online shopping among Brits went up by 7%. By April 2020, the increase in online shopping had risen to 36% of the nation, according to data from Mintel. The evidence suggests that demand for online shopping isn’t going away even as restrictions ease. According to NielsenIQ, as reported by Reuters, Brits spent £1.4bn on groceries online this January , with nearly half of these sales coming from new online shoppers.