Informations rapides
29 May 2019
2019- n° 147
In April 2019, the turnover in large-scale food increased sharply (+1.6%) Turnover in large-scale food retailing - April 2019

In April 2019, the turnover in large-scale food retailing increased sharply (+1.6%) after a stability in March. Sales recovered in food products (+1.9% after −0.2%) whereas they decreased in non-food products (−0.8% after a stability). Sales in automotive fuel increased again (+1.0% after +2.0%).

Turnover kept rising in supermarkets (+0.4% after +0.3%) and bounced back in hypermarkets (+1.7% after −0.3%).

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In April 2019, the turnover in large-scale food retailing increased sharply (+1.6%) after a stability in March. Sales recovered in food products (+1.9% after −0.2%) whereas they decreased in non-food products (−0.8% after a stability). Sales in automotive fuel increased again (+1.0% after +2.0%).

Turnover kept rising in supermarkets (+0.4% after +0.3%) and bounced back in hypermarkets (+1.7% after −0.3%).

Increase over the last three months2019 (+0.7%)

Over the last three months (February to April 2019), the turnover in large-scale food retailing grew by 0.7% compared to the previous three months. Over that period, sales increased in food products (+0.3%), in non-food products (+0.4%) and in automotive fuel (+1.2%).

Turnover was virtually stable in supermarkets (+0.1%) whereas it rose in hypermarkets (+0.7%).

Increase of 0.3% over a year

The turnover of the past three months in large-scale food retailing increased by 0.3% compared to the same period one year earlier. Sales in food products were virtually stable (−0.1%), whereas they decreased in non-food products (−1.6%). Sales of automotive fuel rose sharply (+4.3%). Year on year, sales grew in supermarkets (+0.5%) whereas they stabilized in hypermarkets.

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 Apr/Mar Mar/Feb. Feb./Jan. q-o-q (1) y-o-y (2)
Turnover (*) 1.6 0.0 0.4 0.7 0.3
including
Sales of food products(**) 1.9 -0.2 -0.2 0.3 -0.1
Sales of non-food products(**) -0.8 0.0 0.4 0.4 -1.6
Sales of automotive fuel(**) 1.0 2.0 1.2 1.2 4.3
including
Supermarkets(***) 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.5
Hypermarkets(***) 1.7 -0.3 0.4 0.7 0.0
  • (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
2015-01 99.45 100.5 99.95
2015-02 99.17 100.09 99.36
2015-03 97.76 99.81 98.29
2015-04 101.3 100.49 101.24
2015-05 100.9 100.18 100.89
2015-06 101.24 100.76 100.97
2015-07 100.99 100.09 100.42
2015-08 101.29 100.68 101.13
2015-09 99.47 99.63 99.44
2015-10 99.41 98.08 98.98
2015-11 97.7 98.77 98.28
2015-12 101.32 100.92 101.06
2016-01 99.14 97.95 98.94
2016-02 99.92 98.58 99.58
2016-03 100.03 98.97 99.91
2016-04 97.91 95.65 97.41
2016-05 98.74 98.72 98.8
2016-06 98.6 97.32 98.35
2016-07 98.47 98.83 98.73
2016-08 99.35 99.7 99.66
2016-09 99.05 99.62 99.34
2016-10 100.16 100.06 100.47
2016-11 99.47 100.2 100.2
2016-12 99.37 99.64 99.26
2017-01 101.11 102.65 101.72
2017-02 99.91 101.56 100.87
2017-03 99.39 99.84 99.88
2017-04 99.9 101.84 101.36
2017-05 99.53 99.9 99.99
2017-06 99.38 100.5 100.28
2017-07 99.54 99.5 100.21
2017-08 98.55 98.98 99.42
2017-09 100.86 101.47 101.44
2017-10 97.49 100.11 98.94
2017-11 101.57 101.85 102.12
2017-12 100.48 101.63 100.94
2018-01 100.53 103.68 101.78
2018-02 101.57 103.66 102.76
2018-03 103.98 104.21 104.66
2018-04 99.33 100.79 100.49
2018-05 101.9 106.08 103.68
2018-06 102.14 104.05 103.26
2018-07 102.79 104.91 104.02
2018-08 101.41 101.91 102.18
2018-09 101.76 102.77 102.39
2018-10 102.85 105.03 103.59
2018-11 101.59 103.55 102.58
2018-12 100.3 103.93 102.28
2019-01 100.79 102.49 101.96
2019-02 101.24 103.07 102.42
2019-03 100.91 103.42 102.43
2019-04 102.58 103.88 104.07

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
2015-01 99.67 100.83 100.31
2015-02 98.87 102.1 100.72
2015-03 98.45 102.82 98.27
2015-04 99.12 104.85 104.71
2015-05 100.21 102.91 100.42
2015-06 100.49 104.03 100.33
2015-07 100.08 102.95 100.42
2015-08 101.74 98.73 100.04
2015-09 100.45 95.72 99.6
2015-10 99.92 94.54 98.81
2015-11 99.62 94.68 96.66
2015-12 101.36 95.86 99.69
2016-01 99.44 94.01 99.39
2016-02 100.18 94.12 99.81
2016-03 101.04 93.42 99.27
2016-04 96.85 92.85 100.07
2016-05 98.63 99.5 98.1
2016-06 98.82 91.82 97.96
2016-07 99.22 95.29 96.24
2016-08 100.41 95.43 97.56
2016-09 100.51 95.68 96.45
2016-10 100.47 99.47 97.25
2016-11 100.12 100.81 96.29
2016-12 97.97 104.01 93.91
2017-01 100.3 111.64 97.13
2017-02 99.77 107.08 96.17
2017-03 98.33 106.66 97.57
2017-04 100.2 106.1 96.29
2017-05 98.9 104.73 97.94
2017-06 99.78 97.47 98.52
2017-07 99.14 101.16 97.78
2017-08 98.09 103.18 96.85
2017-09 99.59 109.43 99.15
2017-10 98.46 102.05 93.98
2017-11 100.84 108.95 97.92
2017-12 98.67 109.79 94.8
2018-01 99.44 117.63 95.49
2018-02 100.67 114.43 96.13
2018-03 103.78 115.5 95.11
2018-04 97.13 116.3 96.0
2018-05 101.72 119.76 95.39
2018-06 100.67 121.46 93.84
2018-07 101.73 120.41 95.37
2018-08 99.62 120.91 94.26
2018-09 100.32 120.78 93.72
2018-10 100.82 127.44 96.04
2018-11 99.54 126.49 93.34
2018-12 100.72 113.09 94.05
2019-01 100.09 117.01 94.05
2019-02 99.91 118.41 94.42
2019-03 99.67 120.72 94.43
2019-04 101.6 121.91 93.65

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
2015-01 100.59 101.52 99.43
2015-02 99.81 102.37 99.73
2015-03 99.1 103.73 99.71
2015-04 99.61 106.39 100.99
2015-05 100.14 102.58 100.19
2015-06 100.58 102.37 100.86
2015-07 99.55 101.71 100.2
2015-08 101.34 97.66 101.86
2015-09 100.28 96.58 99.27
2015-10 98.84 94.36 98.15
2015-11 99.37 94.68 99.3
2015-12 100.79 96.06 100.31
2016-01 98.27 93.98 98.89
2016-02 99.31 91.89 100.18
2016-03 99.4 93.0 99.14
2016-04 95.52 92.08 100.32
2016-05 98.46 100.77 98.93
2016-06 97.91 91.79 98.39
2016-07 98.83 95.36 99.01
2016-08 100.39 95.6 99.38
2016-09 100.14 96.2 98.93
2016-10 99.61 101.46 99.02
2016-11 99.07 100.87 104.09
2016-12 97.92 104.49 98.21
2017-01 100.65 114.03 98.04
2017-02 100.47 108.58 97.28
2017-03 97.52 108.06 98.43
2017-04 101.03 107.39 97.66
2017-05 99.29 104.94 99.24
2017-06 100.46 97.61 100.82
2017-07 99.28 100.87 97.08
2017-08 98.31 103.02 97.47
2017-09 99.87 108.63 99.3
2017-10 99.1 105.53 96.87
2017-11 100.66 108.79 96.79
2017-12 99.5 110.02 94.92
2018-01 100.66 121.25 97.1
2018-02 101.01 115.6 98.46
2018-03 102.06 114.06 95.99
2018-04 97.71 114.5 97.44
2018-05 104.61 118.19 96.4
2018-06 101.02 120.32 95.63
2018-07 102.53 118.22 97.29
2018-08 99.37 118.14 95.16
2018-09 100.24 117.54 93.04
2018-10 101.5 126.1 97.27
2018-11 100.96 121.27 91.44
2018-12 101.95 116.33 94.5
2019-01 100.17 117.92 95.94
2019-02 100.36 116.66 95.87
2019-03 100.01 118.08 96.29
2019-04 101.57 117.81 94.27

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
2015-01 98.99 98.38 100.4
2015-02 98.09 101.1 100.68
2015-03 97.91 102.51 99.24
2015-04 99.2 104.01 104.74
2015-05 100.49 102.34 100.57
2015-06 100.54 107.73 100.29
2015-07 100.33 103.6 100.23
2015-08 101.91 100.59 99.9
2015-09 100.06 95.67 99.41
2015-10 100.76 94.98 98.94
2015-11 99.76 94.54 96.36
2015-12 101.95 94.54 99.24
2016-01 100.25 90.91 99.46
2016-02 101.34 94.19 99.5
2016-03 102.2 93.39 99.66
2016-04 98.05 93.51 99.65
2016-05 99.02 98.65 98.03
2016-06 99.47 94.47 97.93
2016-07 99.42 96.01 95.43
2016-08 100.27 95.45 97.21
2016-09 100.5 95.92 95.48
2016-10 100.94 98.57 97.3
2016-11 100.62 99.47 94.9
2016-12 98.24 103.45 90.63
2017-01 100.16 109.62 96.94
2017-02 99.2 106.31 96.16
2017-03 98.64 106.05 97.5
2017-04 100.01 105.21 96.09
2017-05 98.97 104.31 97.61
2017-06 99.45 100.42 98.05
2017-07 99.11 100.96 98.36
2017-08 97.72 102.77 96.76
2017-09 99.09 109.18 98.56
2017-10 97.95 100.89 93.92
2017-11 100.87 109.34 98.79
2017-12 98.3 110.67 92.99
2018-01 98.54 115.28 95.02
2018-02 100.22 114.41 95.65
2018-03 104.13 115.76 94.81
2018-04 96.77 117.47 95.77
2018-05 99.72 119.6 95.33
2018-06 100.27 123.19 93.85
2018-07 101.31 121.77 95.1
2018-08 99.55 121.96 93.97
2018-09 99.81 121.0 93.7
2018-10 100.07 128.45 96.12
2018-11 98.22 130.04 93.82
2018-12 99.7 111.65 91.7
2019-01 99.73 115.67 93.3
2019-02 99.13 120.01 94.14
2019-03 98.48 122.41 94.04
2019-04 101.71 124.37 93.57

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)
Mar/Feb. Feb./Jan. Jan./Dec. Q1 2019/Q4 2018 2018/2017
Large-scale food retailing 0.13 0.11 -0.11 0.03 0.01
raw serie -0.13 0.07 -0.09 -0.09 0.00
SA-WDA parameters 0.26 0.04 -0.02 0.12 0.01
  • How to read it: Within large scale food retailing, the SA-WDA variation between February and March 2019 is revised by +0.13 points: -0.13 points are due to the raw series' revision and +0.26 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 March 2019 has been slightly revised upwards. Initially published at −0.1%, it is now stable.

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