Rif-SQL/time-series-uk-retail-supermarket-price-data

Dataset Card for UK Supermarket Time Series Data (Combined)

This dataset is a consolidated version of the Time Series UK Supermarket Data originally shared by Declan McAlinden under the Apache License 2.0.

It merges the five original CSV files (one per UK supermarket) into a single Parquet file:
base_retail_gb_snappy.parquet

The data remains unchanged, but combining the files simplifies loading and analysis, especially for large-scale analytics and machine learning workflows.

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Dataset Details

Dataset Description

The dataset provides sales and price time-series data from several UK supermarkets.
It captures product sales, pricing, and other retail metrics over time, making it useful for time series forecasting, retail analysis, and demand prediction.

• Curated by: Declan McAlinden
• Merged into Parquet by: Rif Kiamil
• Funded by [optional]: Not specified
• Shared by: Declan McAlinden via Kaggle
• Language(s) (NLP): Not applicable (structured data)
• License: Apache License 2.0

Dataset Sources

• Original Repository: Kaggle – Time Series UK Supermarket Data
• Paper [optional]: Not specified
• Demo [optional]: Not specified

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Uses

Direct Use

• Exploratory data analysis (EDA) on retail sales and pricing.
• Time series forecasting of product sales.
• Price sensitivity analysis across multiple UK supermarket chains.
• Data engineering practice, e.g., merging, cleaning, and converting CSV files into optimized formats like Parquet.

Out-of-Scope Use

• Using the dataset in ways that violate the Apache 2.0 license.

Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite as follows:

APA: McAlinden, D. (2022). Time Series UK Supermarket Data. Kaggle. https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/declanmcalinden/time-series-uk-supermarket-data

BibTeX:

@misc{mcalinden2022timeseries,
  author       = {Declan McAlinden},
  title        = {Time Series UK Supermarket Data},
  year         = {2022},
  publisher    = {Kaggle},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/declanmcalinden/time-series-uk-supermarket-data}},
  note         = {Apache License 2.0}
}