Total retail sales by volume rose 0.3 percent after climbing 0.5 percent in April, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.
Food stores sales volumes fell by 0.5 percent in May, with retailers indicating "that increased cost-of-living and food prices continued to affect sales volumes," the ONS added.
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