Grocery Shopping Behaviour in the Era of Covid-19: Panel Data Analysis from Convenience Store Sector in England, Scotland and Wales

ABSTRACT. To the best of our knowledge this is first attempt to address consistencies and inconsistencies between grocery shopping behaviour shifts in era Covid-19 across three devolved nations mainland UK. We strictness ‘lockdown style’ closure containment policies that primarily restrict people’s (stringency index). use a unique dataset transactional data (778,305 observations) drawn from 1,282 convenience stores located England, Scotland Wales. Panel analysis covers pre-pandemic (Jan 2018 – Feb 2020) pandemic period (March 2020 Dec 2020). This research reveals that, despite consistent decrease single item transactions increase average spend per transaction Wales, dynamics these time varies meaningfully. All highly correlate with stringency index. Analysis additional explanatory variables i.e. store size, location, affiliation shows further dimensions.