31 May 2018
2018- n° 147In April 2018, the turnover in large-scale food retailing fell back markedly (−2.6%) Turnover in large-scale food retailing - April 2018
In April 2018, the turnover in large-scale food retailing fell back markedly (−2.6% after +1.4% in March). The sales slipped back strongly in food products (−3.2% after +2.2%) whereas they picked up slightly in non-food products (+0.5% after −1.4%). Sales of automotive fuel were steady after an increase of 0.6% in March.
Sales fell back in supermarkets (−1.0% after +0.4%) and more sharply in hypermarkets (−2.4% after +1.6%).
In April 2018, the turnover in large-scale food retailing fell back markedly (−2.6% after +1.4% in March). The sales slipped back strongly in food products (−3.2% after +2.2%) whereas they picked up slightly in non-food products (+0.5% after −1.4%). Sales of automotive fuel were steady after an increase of 0.6% in March.
Sales fell back in supermarkets (−1.0% after +0.4%) and more sharply in hypermarkets (−2.4% after +1.6%).
Increase over the last three months
Over the last three months (February to April), the turnover in large-scale food retailing went up compared to the previous three months (+1.3%). Over that period, sales increased markedly in automotive fuel (+1.8%). They grew in food products (+1.3%) while they decreased in non-food products (−0.6%). Turnover increased both in supermarkets (+1.1%) and in hypermarkets (+0.9%).
Growth of 1.9% over a year
The turnover of the past three months in large-scale food retailing rose by 1.9% compared to the same period a year earlier. Sales grew modestly in food products (+1.3%) whereas they decreased sharply in non-food products (−2.3%). Sales of automotive fuel surged (+8.0%). Year on year, sales increased more in supermarkets (+1.9%) than in hypermarkets (+1.6%).
graphiqueGraph1 – Turnover in large-scale food retailing by type of retail stores
- Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retail activities (Emagsa)
graphiqueGraph2 – Turnover in super. and hypermarkets by type of products
- Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retail activities (Emagsa)
graphiqueGraph3 – Turnover in supermarkets by type of products
- Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retail activities (Emagsa)
graphiqueGraph4 – Turnover in hypermarkets by type of products
- Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retail activities (Emagsa)
tableauTable1 – Turnover in large-scale food retailing
| Variation en % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kind of stores or kind of products | Apr/Mar | Mar/ Feb. | Feb./ Jan. | q-o-q (1) | y-o-y (2) |
| Turnover (*) | −2.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| including | |||||
| Sales of food products(**) | −3.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Sales of non-food products(**) | 0.5 | −1.4 | 0.4 | −0.6 | −2.3 |
| Sales of automotive fuel(**) | 0.0 | 0.6 | −3.1 | 1.8 | 8.0 |
| including | |||||
| Supermarkets(***) | −1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| Hypermarkets(***) | −2.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
- (1) Quarter-on-quarter: last three months / previous three months (2) Year-on-year: last three months / same three months of previous year
- (*): including sales not in stores
- (**): sold in supermarkets or hypermarkets
- (***): excluding sales not in stores
- Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retailing activities (Emagsa)
tableauTable2 – Revisions of variations
| Mar/ Feb. | Feb./ Jan. | Jan./ Dec. | Q4 2017/ Q3 2017 | 2017/ 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large-scale food retailing | 0.50 | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.43 | 0.00 |
| raw serie | 0.09 | 0.28 | 0.14 | 0.37 | 0.00 |
| SA-WDA parameters | 0.41 | −0.07 | −0.10 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
- How to read it: Within large scale food retailing, the SA-WDA variation between February and March 2018 has been revised by +0.5 points due to the new calculation of SA-WDA parameters.
- Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retailing activities (Emagsa)
Revisions
The variation in the turnover of large-scale food-retailing for March 2018 has been revised upwards by 0.5 points to +1.4% instead of +0.9% previously published.
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