30 June 2017
2017- n° 178In May 2017, the turnover recovered in large-scale food retailing (+0.6%) Turnover in large-scale food retailing - May 2017
In May 2017, the turnover in large-scale food retailing recovered (+0.6% after −1.0% in April). The sales volume bounced back in non-food products (+3.5% after −3.4%) and automotive fuel (+2.6% after −1.4%). By contrast, sales of food products decreased slightly (−0.3%) after a near stability in April.
In May, sales in hypermarkets recovered (+0.9% after −1.5%), whereas they fell back slightly in supermarkets (−0.4% after +0.5%).
In May 2017, the turnover in large-scale food retailing recovered (+0.6% after −1.0% in April). The sales volume bounced back in non-food products (+3.5% after −3.4%) and automotive fuel (+2.6% after −1.4%). By contrast, sales of food products decreased slightly (−0.3%) after a near stability in April.
In May, sales in hypermarkets recovered (+0.9% after −1.5%), whereas they fell back slightly in supermarkets (−0.4% after +0.5%).
Increase of 0.5% over the last three months
Over the last three months, the turnover in large-scale food retailing rose by 0.5% compared to the previous three months. Over that period, sales went up strongly in non-food products (+3.9%) and slightly in food products (+0.4%). By contrast, they fell in automative fuel (−0.9%). The turnover grew both in supermarkets (+0.6%) and in hypermarkets (+0.4%).
Growth of 1.8% over a year
The turnover of the past three months in large-scale food retailing rose by 1.8% compared to the same period a year earlier. While sales of automotive fuel surged (+12.1%), boosted by the upturn in fuel prices, the turnover declined in non-food products (−1.9%) and rose moderately in food products (+0.6%).
Year on year, sales increased strongly in supermarkets (+3.5%) and more moderately in hypermarkets (+0.8%).
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 by type of retail stores and type of products
- Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retail activities (Emagsa)
graphiqueGraph4 – Turnover by type of retail stores and type of products
- Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retail activities (Emagsa)
tableauTable1 – Turnover in large-scale food retailing
| Variation en % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kind of stores or kind of products | May/Apr | Apr/ Mar | Mar/ Feb. | q-o-q (1) | y-o-y (2) |
| Turnover (*) | 0.6 | −1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| including | |||||
| Sales of food products(**) | −0.3 | −0.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Sales of non-food products(**) | 3.5 | −3.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | −1.9 |
| Sales of automotive fuel(**) | 2.6 | −1.4 | −0.9 | −0.9 | 12.1 |
| including | |||||
| Supermarkets(***) | −0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.5 |
| Hypermarkets(***) | 0.9 | −1.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
- (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
| Apr./ Mar. | Mar./ Feb. | Feb./ Jan. | 2016T4/ 2016T3 | 2016/ 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large-scale food retailing | −1.25 | 0.07 | −0.07 | −0.08 | 0.00 |
| raw series | −2.05 | 0.16 | −0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| SA-WDA parameters | 0.80 | −0.09 | −0.05 | −0.11 | 0.00 |
- How to read it: Within large scale food retailing, the SA-WDA variation between March and April is revised by −1.25 points: −2.05 points due to the revisions of raw data and +0.80 points due to the update 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 April 2017 has been sharply revised downwards (by 1.3 points) to −1.0% instead of +0.3% previously published. This revision is due to unusual raw series updating.
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