date:Sep 13, 2013
According to the findings from the the food consumer research agency, online, convenience and discounter formats will account for more than 3 out of every 4 of growth in UK grocery within five years.
Now accounting for sales of 74.1 billion, sales from large supermarkets or hypermarkets are forecast to grow by just 8.2% to $80.1 billion by 2018, while online sales - currently worth just 6.5 billion - will more than double in value, increasing by 124% to hit nearly 15 billion.
Joanne Denney-Fi