Informations rapides
31 January 2019
2019- n° 30
In December 2018, the turnover in large-scale food retailing was virtually stable (−0.1%) Turnover in large-scale food retailing - December 2018

In December 2018, the turnover in large-scale food retailing was virtually stable after a decrease in November (−0.1% after−1.1%). Sales rebounded in food products (+1.2% after−1.1%) and in non-food products (+0.6% after−2.2%). By contrast, it decreased strongly in automotive fuel (−7.3% after −0.6%).

Turnover recovered sligthly in supermarkets (+0.7% after −1.3%) whereas it kept decreasing in hypermarkets (−0.9% after −0.9%).

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In December 2018, the turnover in large-scale food retailing was virtually stable after a decrease in November (−0.1% after−1.1%). Sales rebounded in food products (+1.2% after−1.1%) and in non-food products (+0.6% after−2.2%). By contrast, it decreased strongly in automotive fuel (−7.3% after −0.6%).

Turnover recovered sligthly in supermarkets (+0.7% after −1.3%) whereas it kept decreasing in hypermarkets (−0.9% after −0.9%).

Stability over the last three months

Over the last three months (October to December), the turnover in large-scale food retailing was stable compared to the previous three months. Over that period, sales were vitually stable in food products (−0.1%) as in non-food products (−0.1%). By contrast, they grew strongly in automotive fuel (+2.7%).

Turnover increased in supermarkets (+1.0%) and was vitually stable in hypermarkets (−0.1%).

Growth of 2.3% over a year

The turnover over the last quarter of 2018 in large-scale food retailing rose by 2.3% compared to the same period one year earlier. Sales in food products increased (+1.1%), whereas they decreased in non-food products (−0.9%). Sales of automotive fuel surged (+15.0%), boosted by the upturn in fuel prices between the two periods. Year on year, sales increased in supermarkets (+2.9%) and in hypermarkets (+2.1%).

– Turnover in large-scale food retailing

SA-WDA value, base year 2015
Turnover in large-scale food retailing (SA-WDA value, base year 2015)
Variation en %
Kind of stores or kind of products Dec./Nov. Nov./Oct. Oct./Sept. q-o-q (1) y-o-y (2)
Turnover (*) -0.1 -1.1 1.3 0.0 2.3
including
Sales of food products(**) 1.2 -1.1 0.5 -0.1 1.1
Sales of non-food products(**) 0.6 -2.2 1.9 -0.1 -0.9
Sales of automotive fuel(**) -7.3 -0.6 5.5 2.7 15.0
including
Supermarkets(***) 0.7 -1.3 2.1 1.0 2.9
Hypermarkets(***) -0.9 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.1
  • (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)

Turnover in large-scale food retailing by type of retail stores

Turnover in large-scale food retailing by type of retail stores
including hypermarkets including supermarkets Total
2014-01 99.85 101.01 100.01
2014-02 99.3 100.4 99.66
2014-03 98.03 100.35 98.97
2014-04 99.76 100.5 99.89
2014-05 100.52 101.19 100.58
2014-06 99.14 100.89 99.86
2014-07 98.88 99.14 98.7
2014-08 100.08 100.34 100.06
2014-09 100.55 103.71 101.46
2014-10 99.13 101.06 99.57
2014-11 99.17 101.71 100.2
2014-12 100.36 101.85 100.66
2015-01 99.38 100.34 99.89
2015-02 99.15 99.99 99.33
2015-03 97.7 99.74 98.27
2015-04 101.33 101.4 101.26
2015-05 100.88 100.12 100.86
2015-06 101.28 100.73 101.0
2015-07 100.97 99.96 100.42
2015-08 101.3 100.65 101.13
2015-09 99.51 99.6 99.5
2015-10 99.42 98.03 99.01
2015-11 97.87 98.73 98.34
2015-12 101.22 100.72 100.98
2016-01 98.97 97.62 98.8
2016-02 99.86 98.43 99.55
2016-03 99.82 98.81 99.79
2016-04 98.13 96.92 97.53
2016-05 98.79 98.71 98.84
2016-06 98.61 97.24 98.35
2016-07 98.48 98.75 98.77
2016-08 99.43 99.64 99.7
2016-09 99.11 99.54 99.39
2016-10 100.14 100.0 100.52
2016-11 99.66 100.13 100.23
2016-12 99.21 99.45 99.16
2017-01 100.88 102.17 101.53
2017-02 99.81 101.33 100.81
2017-03 98.99 99.63 99.62
2017-04 100.3 103.53 101.57
2017-05 99.58 99.88 100.05
2017-06 99.43 100.41 100.32
2017-07 99.59 99.39 100.27
2017-08 98.63 98.85 99.45
2017-09 100.94 101.35 101.48
2017-10 97.52 100.06 99.03
2017-11 101.82 101.82 102.21
2017-12 100.24 101.45 100.81
2018-01 100.16 103.02 101.48
2018-02 101.43 103.38 102.67
2018-03 103.42 103.98 104.31
2018-04 99.96 102.68 100.82
2018-05 101.89 106.02 103.7
2018-06 102.19 103.96 103.33
2018-07 102.91 104.84 104.13
2018-08 101.53 101.77 102.25
2018-09 101.85 102.59 102.43
2018-10 102.92 104.79 103.71
2018-11 102.0 103.38 102.59
2018-12 101.09 104.06 102.54

Turnover in large-scale food retailing by type of retail stores

  • Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retail activities (Emagsa).

Turnover in super. and hypermarkets by type of products

Turnover in super. and hypermarkets by type of products
Food Automotive fuel Non food
2014-01 97.79 109.9 100.68
2014-02 97.64 106.61 100.26
2014-03 97.35 106.14 100.2
2014-04 98.48 104.06 99.71
2014-05 98.5 108.65 101.48
2014-06 96.73 110.93 99.9
2014-07 95.81 109.75 99.0
2014-08 96.88 111.02 100.87
2014-09 99.77 111.02 99.72
2014-10 97.77 108.61 99.45
2014-11 98.64 105.47 100.45
2014-12 99.43 102.94 100.24
2015-01 99.58 101.14 100.32
2015-02 98.79 102.15 100.73
2015-03 98.21 102.83 98.27
2015-04 99.76 104.95 104.71
2015-05 100.14 102.83 100.45
2015-06 100.47 103.87 100.35
2015-07 100.03 102.94 100.43
2015-08 101.69 98.57 100.06
2015-09 100.44 95.4 99.66
2015-10 99.89 94.41 98.81
2015-11 99.7 94.69 96.53
2015-12 101.3 96.22 99.67
2016-01 99.31 94.6 99.4
2016-02 100.09 94.3 99.81
2016-03 100.58 93.37 99.28
2016-04 97.69 92.78 100.07
2016-05 98.6 99.14 98.12
2016-06 98.76 91.69 97.99
2016-07 99.18 95.03 96.3
2016-08 100.38 94.9 97.61
2016-09 100.48 95.27 96.57
2016-10 100.42 99.47 97.17
2016-11 100.21 100.87 96.14
2016-12 97.88 104.73 93.85
2017-01 100.18 112.38 97.07
2017-02 99.61 107.22 96.27
2017-03 97.71 106.74 97.62
2017-04 101.24 105.97 96.24
2017-05 98.85 104.21 97.98
2017-06 99.74 97.08 98.59
2017-07 99.14 101.07 97.86
2017-08 98.05 102.61 96.93
2017-09 99.55 108.89 99.36
2017-10 98.45 101.85 93.83
2017-11 101.0 108.86 97.71
2017-12 98.55 110.95 94.73
2018-01 99.27 118.6 95.32
2018-02 100.47 114.6 96.42
2018-03 103.0 115.59 95.22
2018-04 98.22 116.06 95.86
2018-05 101.64 119.44 95.44
2018-06 100.65 121.02 93.92
2018-07 101.75 119.95 95.49
2018-08 99.61 120.09 94.39
2018-09 100.27 120.27 93.94
2018-10 100.79 126.84 95.77
2018-11 99.68 126.11 93.63
2018-12 100.91 116.94 94.23

Turnover in super. and hypermarkets by type of products

  • Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retail activities (Emagsa).

Turnover in supermarkets by type of products

Turnover in supermarkets by type of products
Food Automotive fuel Non food
2014-01 99.82 105.73 100.84
2014-02 99.71 101.47 99.28
2014-03 99.43 103.12 100.5
2014-04 99.93 101.01 97.04
2014-05 99.83 106.83 99.35
2014-06 98.92 109.71 99.07
2014-07 96.76 108.22 96.02
2014-08 97.78 109.43 99.39
2014-09 101.37 112.64 100.37
2014-10 99.54 107.48 100.68
2014-11 100.77 104.48 101.91
2014-12 100.89 100.2 102.96
2015-01 100.52 101.49 99.46
2015-02 99.72 102.38 99.9
2015-03 98.97 103.72 99.76
2015-04 100.06 106.37 101.04
2015-05 100.05 102.56 100.26
2015-06 100.6 102.36 100.87
2015-07 99.52 101.71 100.15
2015-08 101.31 97.69 101.82
2015-09 100.28 96.72 99.18
2015-10 98.81 94.35 98.08
2015-11 99.37 94.69 99.34
2015-12 100.78 95.97 100.14
2016-01 98.07 93.84 99.03
2016-02 99.19 91.86 100.52
2016-03 99.15 93.03 99.35
2016-04 96.29 92.06 100.25
2016-05 98.42 100.76 98.93
2016-06 97.86 91.77 98.41
2016-07 98.82 95.43 98.94
2016-08 100.37 95.7 99.28
2016-09 100.13 96.38 98.75
2016-10 99.59 101.43 98.88
2016-11 99.07 100.89 104.16
2016-12 97.93 104.32 97.86
2017-01 100.37 113.87 98.28
2017-02 100.23 108.52 97.94
2017-03 97.19 108.14 98.8
2017-04 102.07 107.34 97.51
2017-05 99.22 104.91 99.23
2017-06 100.39 97.62 100.86
2017-07 99.23 100.9 96.94
2017-08 98.24 103.13 97.33
2017-09 99.85 108.9 99.02
2017-10 99.13 105.48 96.65
2017-11 100.75 108.81 96.9
2017-12 99.49 109.75 94.52
2018-01 100.24 121.18 97.54
2018-02 100.7 115.53 99.38
2018-03 101.6 114.22 96.6
2018-04 98.96 114.41 97.08
2018-05 104.46 118.07 96.39
2018-06 100.96 120.33 95.59
2018-07 102.51 118.29 97.12
2018-08 99.32 118.31 94.98
2018-09 100.2 117.83 92.73
2018-10 101.4 125.66 96.8
2018-11 100.68 121.34 92.81
2018-12 102.19 117.11 93.4

Turnover in supermarkets by type of products

  • Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retail activities (Emagsa).

Turnover in hypermarkets by type of products

Turnover in hypermarkets by type of products
Food Automotive fuel Non food
2014-01 96.8 111.75 100.52
2014-02 96.39 109.05 100.72
2014-03 95.99 107.67 101.07
2014-04 97.69 106.33 100.24
2014-05 97.76 109.99 101.84
2014-06 95.69 114.73 100.28
2014-07 95.28 109.9 99.64
2014-08 96.52 112.38 101.51
2014-09 98.58 111.37 99.73
2014-10 97.09 110.3 99.03
2014-11 97.38 106.77 100.26
2014-12 98.82 104.74 100.29
2015-01 98.96 98.31 100.4
2015-02 98.08 101.08 100.68
2015-03 97.64 102.47 99.29
2015-04 99.31 103.9 104.76
2015-05 100.48 102.29 100.58
2015-06 100.57 107.61 100.32
2015-07 100.15 103.61 100.26
2015-08 101.92 100.64 99.95
2015-09 100.15 95.69 99.49
2015-10 100.78 95.12 98.9
2015-11 99.88 94.68 96.43
2015-12 102.07 94.61 98.93
2016-01 100.22 90.69 99.45
2016-02 101.31 94.11 99.49
2016-03 101.7 93.25 99.74
2016-04 98.24 93.34 99.7
2016-05 99.08 98.54 98.08
2016-06 99.48 94.32 97.98
2016-07 99.32 96.05 95.57
2016-08 100.31 95.54 97.33
2016-09 100.6 95.99 95.65
2016-10 100.96 98.85 97.16
2016-11 100.72 99.71 94.98
2016-12 98.3 103.55 89.97
2017-01 100.19 109.34 96.88
2017-02 99.06 106.22 96.32
2017-03 97.95 105.82 97.66
2017-04 100.26 104.92 96.13
2017-05 99.01 104.1 97.71
2017-06 99.48 100.26 98.18
2017-07 99.19 101.02 98.49
2017-08 97.77 102.9 96.89
2017-09 99.14 109.3 98.84
2017-10 98.03 101.29 93.69
2017-11 101.0 109.69 98.83
2017-12 98.29 110.78 92.05
2018-01 98.54 114.96 94.84
2018-02 99.99 114.29 96.06
2018-03 103.25 115.44 95.12
2018-04 97.08 117.07 95.78
2018-05 99.75 119.3 95.42
2018-06 100.32 123.03 93.99
2018-07 101.47 121.82 95.3
2018-08 99.63 122.12 94.17
2018-09 99.87 121.16 94.0
2018-10 100.18 128.31 95.75
2018-11 98.52 130.06 94.04
2018-12 100.18 114.37 91.32

Turnover in hypermarkets by type of products

  • Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retail activities (Emagsa).

Revisions

The variation in the turnover of large-scale food retailing for November 2018 has been revised downwards by 0.1 points to −1.1% instead of −1.0% previously published.

– Revisions of variations

in percentage point
Revisions of variations (in percentage point)
Nov./Oct. Oct./Sept. Sept./Aug. Q3 2018/Q2 2018 2017/2016
Large-scale food retailing -0.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0
raw serie -0.2 0.6 -0.1 0.0 0.0
SA-WDA parameters 0.1 -0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0
  • How to read it: Within large scale food retailing, the SA-WDA variation between October and November is revised by -0.05 points: -0.16 points are due to the raw series' revision and +0.11 points to the new calculation of the SA-WDA
  • Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retailing activities (Emagsa)

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