Spending at convenience stores rises in final quarter of 2020 Print
11th January 2021
Average spend at local convenience stores continued to increase in the fourth quarter of 2020, rising 4% month-on-month and soaring 11% year-on-year to £8.47, new research reveals.
Data collected from PayPoint’s UK network of 27,500 local convenience retailers shows the non-food, paper and disposables category saw the sharpest growth on the third quarter, with a 22% increase in sales. The biggest seller in this category is a brand of toilet paper, followed by second-class stamps. Meanwhile, mobile phone cards saw 18% growth quarter-on-quarter.
PayPoint’s Convenience Basket Register, a quarterly glimpse of big sellers across six key product categories, was: