Grocery prices increased 1.7% in the four weeks to 3 October, adding more pressure on households struggling with costs such as soaring energy bills.
Take-home grocery sales fell by 1.2% over the 12 weeks to 3 October, but sales remained 8.1% higher than they were before COVID-19.
Kantar's findings followed research from Barclaycard which pointed to the lowest reading for its own measure of consumer confidence since February. Its spending data - which covers almost 50% of card spending in the UK - also pointed to a leap in business for discount stores.
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