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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. ....
When the government introduced lockdown measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 last year, those not shielding would queue up for their weekly groceries, but were often faced with long queues and delivery slots were like gold dust, booked up for weeks. With restrictions in place and office workers staying at home, we saw a shift in people shopping locally and the change in consumer behaviour is here to stay. As the world ground to a halt amid the coronavirus pandemic, Sophie Taylor, single mother and owner of The Deli Downstairs in Hackney, East London, kept going. Ensuring locals were fed and watered – sometimes even clothed. Stocking everything locals needed for their lockdown larders such as bread, coffee, cheese, pasta and more. ....