Informations rapides
30 April 2019
2019- n° 118
In March 2019, the turnover in large-scale food was virtually stable (−0.1%) Turnover in large-scale food retailing - March 2019

In March 2019, the turnover in large-scale food retailing was virtually stable after a slight increase in February (−0.1% after +0.3%). Sales were virtually stable in food products (−0.1% after −0.3%) and in non-food products (+0.1% after +0.2%). By contrast, they kept increasing in automotive fuel (+1.7% after +1.2%).

Turnover rose in supermarkets (+0.3%) after a stability in February and fell back in hypermarkets (−0.3 % after +0.6%).

Informations rapides
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In March 2019, the turnover in large-scale food retailing was virtually stable after a slight increase in February (−0.1% after +0.3%). Sales were virtually stable in food products (−0.1% after −0.3%) and in non-food products (+0.1% after +0.2%). By contrast, they kept increasing in automotive fuel (+1.7% after +1.2%).

Turnover rose in supermarkets (+0.3%) after a stability in February and fell back in hypermarkets (−0.3 % after +0.6%).

Decrease over the first quarter2019 (−0.6%)

Over the first quarter 2019, the turnover in large-scale food retailing decreased compared to the previous quarter (−0.6%). Over that period, sales were stable in food products and grew in non-food products (+0.7%). They decreased strongly in automotive fuel (−3.1%).

Turnover was virtually stable in supermarkets (+0.1%) whereas it declined in hypermarkets (−0.8%).

Decrease of 0.7% over a year

The turnover of the first quarter 2019 in large-scale food retailing decreased by 0.7% compared to the same period one year earlier. Sales in food products declined (−0.7%), whereas they were virtually stable in non-food products (−0.1%). Sales of automotive fuel rose (+2.3%). Year on year, sales grew in supermarkets (+0.9%) whereas they decreased in hypermarkets (−1.2%).

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 Mar/Feb. Feb./Jan. Jan./Dec. q-o-q (1) y-o-y (2)
Turnover (*) -0,1 0,3 -0,2 -0,6 -0,7
including
Sales of food products(**) -0,1 -0,3 -0,1 0,0 -0,7
Sales of non-food products(**) 0,1 0,2 0,8 0,7 -0,1
Sales of automotive fuel(**) 1,7 1,2 3,4 -3,1 2,3
including
Supermarkets(***) 0,3 0,0 0,2 0,1 0,9
Hypermarkets(***) -0,3 0,6 0,3 -0,8 -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)

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 99.87 100.96 100.04
2014-02 99.3 100.39 99.65
2014-03 98.08 100.35 98.97
2014-04 99.76 100.48 99.89
2014-05 100.52 101.19 100.58
2014-06 99.16 100.92 99.87
2014-07 98.88 99.09 98.67
2014-08 100.08 100.35 100.07
2014-09 100.54 103.71 101.45
2014-10 99.14 101.05 99.55
2014-11 99.06 101.72 100.19
2014-12 100.39 101.92 100.69
2015-01 99.42 100.26 99.95
2015-02 99.16 99.97 99.33
2015-03 97.77 99.71 98.25
2015-04 101.34 101.37 101.28
2015-05 100.91 100.12 100.88
2015-06 101.28 100.74 101.0
2015-07 100.98 99.94 100.41
2015-08 101.3 100.66 101.13
2015-09 99.46 99.61 99.47
2015-10 99.42 98.04 98.96
2015-11 97.68 98.74 98.29
2015-12 101.28 100.84 101.05
2016-01 99.1 97.49 98.94
2016-02 99.89 98.42 99.56
2016-03 99.96 98.74 99.77
2016-04 98.11 96.9 97.53
2016-05 98.8 98.7 98.84
2016-06 98.63 97.24 98.36
2016-07 98.45 98.73 98.73
2016-08 99.37 99.65 99.68
2016-09 99.03 99.58 99.37
2016-10 100.15 100.03 100.44
2016-11 99.39 100.15 100.16
2016-12 99.29 99.61 99.23
2017-01 101.1 101.99 101.73
2017-02 99.82 101.27 100.8
2017-03 99.21 99.53 99.63
2017-04 100.28 103.49 101.57
2017-05 99.58 99.86 100.05
2017-06 99.41 100.38 100.31
2017-07 99.55 99.4 100.25
2017-08 98.56 98.89 99.43
2017-09 100.81 101.43 101.44
2017-10 97.51 100.09 98.93
2017-11 101.5 101.84 102.09
2017-12 100.34 101.64 100.87
2018-01 100.49 102.76 101.74
2018-02 101.44 103.3 102.65
2018-03 103.72 103.84 104.34
2018-04 99.93 102.64 100.83
2018-05 101.92 106.02 103.71
2018-06 102.16 103.95 103.31
2018-07 102.83 104.84 104.09
2018-08 101.41 101.83 102.21
2018-09 101.69 102.71 102.39
2018-10 102.84 105.01 103.56
2018-11 101.47 103.58 102.53
2018-12 100.15 103.97 102.21
2019-01 100.41 104.19 102.0
2019-02 101.01 104.15 102.34
2019-03 100.7 104.45 102.22

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 97.78 109.68 100.68
2014-02 97.64 106.61 100.27
2014-03 97.43 106.02 100.21
2014-04 98.46 104.15 99.7
2014-05 98.52 108.82 101.5
2014-06 96.74 110.96 99.88
2014-07 95.78 109.91 98.97
2014-08 96.88 111.08 100.86
2014-09 99.76 111.21 99.72
2014-10 97.76 108.74 99.45
2014-11 98.63 105.4 100.43
2014-12 99.44 102.98 100.3
2015-01 99.58 100.78 100.33
2015-02 98.78 102.12 100.72
2015-03 98.36 102.82 98.27
2015-04 99.73 104.86 104.69
2015-05 100.14 102.86 100.42
2015-06 100.46 104.02 100.34
2015-07 100.0 102.95 100.42
2015-08 101.69 98.72 100.06
2015-09 100.42 95.78 99.62
2015-10 99.87 94.56 98.82
2015-11 99.67 94.67 96.51
2015-12 101.32 95.86 99.8
2016-01 99.29 93.93 99.39
2016-02 100.07 94.15 99.8
2016-03 100.83 93.47 99.23
2016-04 97.66 92.83 100.04
2016-05 98.58 99.42 98.08
2016-06 98.73 91.8 97.94
2016-07 99.15 95.3 96.25
2016-08 100.36 95.42 97.57
2016-09 100.46 95.77 96.47
2016-10 100.4 99.5 97.26
2016-11 100.17 100.81 96.18
2016-12 97.9 104.02 94.14
2017-01 100.13 111.55 97.01
2017-02 99.59 107.11 96.12
2017-03 98.03 106.77 97.52
2017-04 101.19 106.05 96.16
2017-05 98.82 104.63 97.9
2017-06 99.7 97.44 98.49
2017-07 99.1 101.15 97.77
2017-08 98.02 103.16 96.87
2017-09 99.53 109.56 99.21
2017-10 98.42 102.09 93.99
2017-11 100.94 108.95 97.89
2017-12 98.6 109.81 95.15
2018-01 99.18 117.55 95.22
2018-02 100.44 114.46 96.06
2018-03 103.42 115.65 95.05
2018-04 98.17 116.2 95.79
2018-05 101.6 119.65 95.35
2018-06 100.6 121.43 93.82
2018-07 101.69 120.38 95.37
2018-08 99.57 120.88 94.29
2018-09 100.25 120.93 93.78
2018-10 100.76 127.5 96.06
2018-11 99.64 126.51 93.48
2018-12 100.65 113.12 94.48
2019-01 100.58 116.94 95.21
2019-02 100.28 118.37 95.4
2019-03 100.15 120.37 95.49

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 99.82 105.77 100.86
2014-02 99.72 101.44 99.29
2014-03 99.43 103.13 100.5
2014-04 99.89 100.99 97.07
2014-05 99.84 106.8 99.36
2014-06 98.93 109.71 98.96
2014-07 96.74 108.22 96.07
2014-08 97.8 109.42 99.37
2014-09 101.33 112.57 100.38
2014-10 99.54 107.48 100.7
2014-11 100.78 104.49 101.91
2014-12 100.9 100.2 102.96
2015-01 100.52 101.53 99.48
2015-02 99.72 102.37 99.95
2015-03 98.96 103.73 99.75
2015-04 100.0 106.39 101.06
2015-05 100.06 102.56 100.24
2015-06 100.61 102.34 100.74
2015-07 99.51 101.71 100.19
2015-08 101.35 97.65 101.79
2015-09 100.25 96.6 99.24
2015-10 98.82 94.36 98.13
2015-11 99.37 94.68 99.29
2015-12 100.83 96.07 100.13
2016-01 98.05 93.99 99.05
2016-02 99.19 91.91 100.73
2016-03 99.13 93.05 99.22
2016-04 96.22 92.05 100.29
2016-05 98.41 100.72 98.94
2016-06 97.86 91.74 98.23
2016-07 98.81 95.36 98.96
2016-08 100.42 95.6 99.3
2016-09 100.12 96.24 98.85
2016-10 99.61 101.47 98.94
2016-11 99.04 100.89 104.13
2016-12 98.0 104.52 97.89
2017-01 100.29 114.02 98.31
2017-02 100.21 108.6 98.25
2017-03 97.18 108.17 98.47
2017-04 101.98 107.35 97.5
2017-05 99.2 104.86 99.24
2017-06 100.37 97.55 100.65
2017-07 99.25 100.83 96.95
2017-08 98.35 103.02 97.36
2017-09 99.88 108.7 99.18
2017-10 99.15 105.54 96.74
2017-11 100.68 108.81 96.87
2017-12 99.6 110.07 94.51
2018-01 100.07 121.26 97.58
2018-02 100.66 115.61 99.81
2018-03 101.61 114.23 96.03
2018-04 98.89 114.44 97.08
2018-05 104.45 118.07 96.38
2018-06 100.95 120.22 95.39
2018-07 102.52 118.15 97.14
2018-08 99.44 118.13 95.04
2018-09 100.26 117.62 92.9
2018-10 101.55 126.14 97.08
2018-11 101.02 121.34 91.56
2018-12 102.07 116.39 93.95
2019-01 101.85 117.93 109.1
2019-02 101.42 116.61 104.29
2019-03 101.13 117.56 102.5

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 96.79 111.8 100.53
2014-02 96.39 109.05 100.71
2014-03 96.14 107.67 101.06
2014-04 97.65 106.41 100.2
2014-05 97.78 109.99 101.83
2014-06 95.71 114.84 100.26
2014-07 95.28 109.92 99.6
2014-08 96.52 112.36 101.47
2014-09 98.57 111.4 99.71
2014-10 97.08 110.27 99.03
2014-11 97.39 106.74 100.22
2014-12 98.77 104.72 100.37
2015-01 98.97 98.38 100.4
2015-02 98.08 101.1 100.69
2015-03 97.89 102.51 99.25
2015-04 99.25 104.01 104.75
2015-05 100.49 102.33 100.58
2015-06 100.56 107.72 100.3
2015-07 100.16 103.59 100.24
2015-08 101.91 100.58 99.91
2015-09 100.12 95.74 99.41
2015-10 100.75 94.98 98.91
2015-11 99.89 94.53 96.32
2015-12 101.94 94.54 99.24
2016-01 100.21 90.9 99.48
2016-02 101.32 94.21 99.52
2016-03 102.14 93.42 99.69
2016-04 98.18 93.49 99.66
2016-05 99.07 98.61 98.04
2016-06 99.45 94.44 97.94
2016-07 99.34 96.0 95.43
2016-08 100.27 95.43 97.22
2016-09 100.52 96.03 95.49
2016-10 100.89 98.57 97.22
2016-11 100.73 99.47 94.82
2016-12 98.17 103.45 90.66
2017-01 100.16 109.59 97.03
2017-02 99.11 106.31 96.2
2017-03 98.52 106.09 97.53
2017-04 100.2 105.19 96.06
2017-05 99.0 104.25 97.61
2017-06 99.45 100.39 98.06
2017-07 99.15 100.94 98.36
2017-08 97.69 102.74 96.77
2017-09 99.05 109.34 98.58
2017-10 97.91 100.89 93.79
2017-11 101.03 109.34 98.67
2017-12 98.16 110.68 93.03
2018-01 98.51 115.24 95.22
2018-02 100.09 114.4 95.72
2018-03 104.01 115.81 94.84
2018-04 97.0 117.45 95.7
2018-05 99.71 119.53 95.34
2018-06 100.27 123.15 93.85
2018-07 101.41 121.74 95.09
2018-08 99.53 121.94 93.97
2018-09 99.75 121.19 93.7
2018-10 100.0 128.46 95.97
2018-11 98.37 130.06 93.69
2018-12 99.56 111.67 91.76
2019-01 99.41 115.63 92.92
2019-02 99.02 119.92 93.93
2019-03 98.69 122.06 93.89

Turnover in hypermarkets by type of products

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

Revisions of variations

in percentage point
Revisions of variations (in percentage point)
Feb./Jan. Jan./Dec. Dec./Nov. Q3 2018/Q2 2018 2017/2016
Large-scale food retailing -0,09 0,13 -0,01 0,01 0,00
raw serie -0,14 0,18 0,01 0,00 0,00
SA-WDA parameters 0,05 -0,05 -0,02 0,01 0,00
  • How to read it: Within large scale food retailing, the SA-WDA variation between January and February 2019 is revised by -0.09 points: -0.14 points are due to the raw series' revision and +0.05 points to the new calculation of the SA-WDA
  • Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retailing activities (Emagsa)

Revisions

The variation in the turnover of large-scale food retailing for February 2019 has been revised downwards at +0.3 % instead of +0.4 % initially published.

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