27 July 2018
2018- n° 204In June 2018, the turnover in large-scale food retailing fell back (−0.9%) Turnover in large-scale food retailing - June 2018
In June 2018, the turnover in large-scale food retailing fell back (−0.9% after +2.4% in May), especially in food products (−1.3% after +3.6%). Sales decreased again strongly in non-food products (−1.8% after −0.6%). Sales of automotive fuel stabilized after an increase by +2.8% in May.
Sales slipped back sharply in supermarkets (−2.3% after +3.6%) and more sligthly in hypermarkets (−0.4% after +1.4%).
In June 2018, the turnover in large-scale food retailing fell back (−0.9% after +2.4% in May), especially in food products (−1.3% after +3.6%). Sales decreased again strongly in non-food products (−1.8% after −0.6%). Sales of automotive fuel stabilized after an increase by +2.8% in May.
Sales slipped back sharply in supermarkets (−2.3% after +3.6%) and more sligthly in hypermarkets (−0.4% after +1.4%).
Downturn over the last three months
Over the last three months (April to June), the turnover in large-scale food retailing edged down compared to the previous three months (−0.4%). Over that period, sales fell back both in food products (−0.9%) and in non-food products (−0.8%). By contrast, turnover went up sharply in automotive fuel (+1.9%) Turnover increased in supermarkets (+0.6%) whereas it decreased in hypermarkets (−0.6%).
Growth of 1.7% over a year
The turnover of the past three months in large-scale food retailing rose by 1.7% compared to the same period one year earlier. Sales were virtually stable in food products (+0.1%) whereas they decreased in non-food products (−2.7%). By contrast, sales of automotive fuel surged (+14.8%). Year on year, sales increased more in supermarkets (+2.8%) than in hypermarkets (+1.2%).
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 - Enquête mensuelle sur les grandes surfaces alimentaires (EMAGSA)
tableauTable1 – Turnover in large-scale food retailing
| Variation en % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kind of stores or kind of products | June/May | May/Apr | Apr/Mar | q-o-q (1) | y-o-y (2) |
| Turnover (*) | −0.9 | 2.4 | −3.2 | −0.4 | 1.7 |
| including | |||||
| Sales of food products(**) | −1.3 | 3.6 | −4.8 | −0.9 | 0.1 |
| Sales of non-food products(**) | −1.8 | −0.6 | 0.7 | −0.8 | −2.7 |
| Sales of automotive fuel(**) | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 14.8 |
| including | |||||
| Supermarkets(***) | −2.3 | 3.6 | −1.5 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Hypermarkets(***) | −0.4 | 1.4 | −3.1 | −0.6 | 1.2 |
- (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
| May/ Apr | Apr/ Mar | Mar/ Feb. | Q1 2018/ Q4 2017 | 2017/ 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large-scale food retailing | −0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| raw serie | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| SA-WDA parameters | −0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
- How to read it: Within large scale food retailing, the SA-WDA variation between April and May 2018 is revised by −0.04 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 May 2018 has been revised downwards by 0.04 points to +2.4% instead of +2.5% previously published.
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