Alcohol, snacks and chocolate sales up by 50%

On Tuesday, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food reported a 50% increase in sales of wine, beer, spirits, chocolate, snacks and nuts.

"After a few weeks in which the basic products were bought and stored, there is a moderation in these purchases while increasing the acquisition of products that are usually consumed in bars and restaurants," said a Health Ministry spokesperson.

Meat consumption has gone up by 22.9%, with generalised growth in everything except mutton and lamb, which rose by 31% in week 13 then decreased by 21.3%. Processed meat sales were also up 19.3%.

Fish sales have stayed relatively stable compared to the same week last year with an overall increase of 0.7%.

Frozen fish was up by 37.9%; fresh fish dropped by 4.4% and canned fish was down by 0.7% during the 12th week, from March 16 to 22.

Fruit consumption is up 23.1% compared to the same week last year, a trend that began after the first few weeks of confinement.

More kilos of vegetables were bought, with fresh produce up by 31.2% and processed food by 31.6%.

Bread sales have increased progressively from week to week, with a 20% rise last week.

Customers are also buying a lot more flour and there has been a significant increase in sales in recent weeks.

Spaniards are famous for their home cooking skills, but the purchase of oven ready dishes increased by 23% this week.

Supermarket sales are up by 30/3%, traditional stores by 26%, hypermarkets by 9.2% and discount stores b 6%.

Internet shopping has gone through the roof with sales up by a whopping 84% in the last two weeks and a massive 25% jump in week 14.