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Key announcements · 8 October 2026
Halloween is now a £779m moment in UK grocery
Spend is up 29.8% in five years, 91% of people bought something Halloween-related last year, and 57% of purchases land in the final week of October.
Industry impact · 5 October 2026
Festival summer: £1.2bn through supermarket tills
23.5 million people attended a UK music festival in 2025 — and most of them stocked up at a local store on the way.