31 May 2017
2017- n° 150In April 2017, the turnover grew modestly in large-scale food retailing (+0.3%) Turnover in large-scale food retailing - April 2017
In April 2017, the turnover in large-scale food retailing grew again (+0.3%) but more modestly than in March (+0.6%). The sales volume accelerated in food products (+1.2% after +0.8%). By contrast, sales of non-food products slipped back (−1.0% after +2.5) and sales of automotive fuels fell again markedly (−1.7% after −1.4%). In April, sales in hypermarkets still increased sharply (+0.8% after +0.9%), whereas they edged up in supermarkets (+0.3% after −0.1%).
In April 2017, the turnover in large-scale food retailing grew again (+0.3%) but more modestly than in March (+0.6%). The sales volume accelerated in food products (+1.2% after +0.8%). By contrast, sales of non-food products slipped back (−1.0% after +2.5) and sales of automotive fuels fell again markedly (−1.7% after −1.4%). In April, sales in hypermarkets still increased sharply (+0.8% after +0.9%), whereas they edged up in supermarkets (+0.3% after −0.1%).
Increase of 1.2% over the last three months
Over the last three months, the turnover in large-scale food retailing rose by 1.2% compared to the previous three months. Over that period, sales went up strongly in non-food products (+3.6%). They increased more modestly in automative fuel (+1.1%) and in food products (+0.7%). The turnover grew more in hypermarkets (+1.3%) than in supermarkets (+0.9%).
Growth of 1.5% over a year
The turnover of the past three months in large-scale food retailing rose by 1.5% compared to the same periode a year earlier. On the one hand, sales of automotive fuel surged (+15.0%), boosted by the upturn in fuel prices. On the other hand, the turnover in non-food products declined sharply (−2.1%) and moderately in food products (−0.4%).
Year on year, sales increased more strongly for supermarkets (+2.3%) than for hypermarkets (+0.9%).
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 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 in % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kind of stores or kind of products | Apr/Mar | Mar/ Feb. | Feb./ Jan. | q-o-q (1) | y-o-y (2) |
| Turnover (*) | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| including | |||||
| Sales of food products(**) | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | −0.4 |
| Sales of non-food products(**) | −1.0 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 3.6 | −2.1 |
| Sales of automotive fuel(**) | −1.7 | −1.4 | −3.7 | 1.1 | 15.0 |
| including | |||||
| Supermarkets(***) | 0.3 | −0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
| Hypermarkets(***) | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
- (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. | Q1 2017/ Q4 2016 | 2016/ 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large-scale food retailing | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.18 | 0.01 |
| raw series | 0.08 | 0.11 | −0.02 | 0.07 | 0.01 |
| SA-WDA parameters | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.00 |
- How to read it: Within large scale food retailing, the SA-WDA variation between February and March is revised by 0.09 points.
- Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retailing activities (Emagsa)
Revisions
The variation in the turnover of large-scale food-retailing for March 2017 has been revised upwards by 0.1 points to +0.6% instead of 0.5% previously published. This revision is mainly due to raw series updating.
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