28 July 2017
2017- n° 208In June 2017, the turnover grew slightly in large-scale food retailing (+0.2%) Turnover in large-scale food retailing - June 2017
In June 2017, the turnover in large-scale food retailing rose again, more slightly than in May (+0.2% after +0.4%). The sales volume bounced back in food products (+1.4% after −0.2% in May). By contrast, sales of non-food products slipped back (−1.7% after +3.1%) and sales of automotive fuel sank (−6.0% after +0.6%).
In June, sales in supermarkets somewhat recovered (+0.5% after −1.0%), whereas they were virtually stable in hypermarkets (−0.1% after +1.0%).
In June 2017, the turnover in large-scale food retailing rose again, more slightly than in May (+0.2% after +0.4%). The sales volume bounced back in food products (+1.4% after −0.2% in May). By contrast, sales of non-food products slipped back (−1.7% after +3.1%) and sales of automotive fuel sank (−6.0% after +0.6%).
In June, sales in supermarkets somewhat recovered (+0.5% after −1.0%), whereas they were virtually stable in hypermarkets (−0.1% after +1.0%).
Near stability over the last three months
Over the last three months, the turnover in large-scale food retailing was practically stable compared to the previous three months. Over that period, sales went up in food products (+0.9%) and in non-food products (+0.9%). By contrast, they fell sharply in automative fuel (−5.7%). The turnover was virtually stable in supermarkets as well as in hypermarkets.
Growth of 2.0% over a year
The turnover of the past three months in large-scale food retailing rose by 2.0% compared to the same period a year earlier. While sales of automotive fuel surged (+8.4%), boosted by the upturn in fuel prices, the turnover declined in non-food products (−1.7%) and rose moderately in food products (+1.2%).
Year on year, sales increased markedly in supermarkets (+3.2%) and more modestly in 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 in 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 en % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kind of stores or kind of products | June/May | May/ Apr | Apr/ Mar | q-o-q (1) | y-o-y (2) |
| Turnover (*) | 0,2 | 0,4 | −0,7 | 0,1 | 2,0 |
| including | |||||
| Sales of food products(**) | 1,4 | −0,2 | −0,1 | 0,9 | 1,2 |
| Sales of non-food products(**) | −1,7 | 3,1 | −2,7 | 0,9 | −1,7 |
| Sales of automotive fuel(**) | −6,0 | 0,6 | −1,8 | −5,7 | 8,4 |
| including | |||||
| Supermarkets(***) | 0,5 | −1,0 | 0,4 | −0,1 | 3,2 |
| Hypermarkets(***) | −0,1 | 1,0 | −1,3 | −0,1 | 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
| May/ Apr | Apr/ Mar | Mar/ Feb. | Q1 2017/ Q4 2016 | 2016/ 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large-scale food retailing | −0,13 | 0,24 | 0,01 | −0,02 | 0,00 |
| raw serie | −0,18 | 0,30 | 0,06 | −0,06 | 0,00 |
| SA-WDA parameters | 0,05 | −0,06 | −0,05 | 0,04 | 0,00 |
- How to read it: Within large scale food retailing, the SA-WDA variation between April and May is revised by −0.13 points: −0.18 points are due to the raw series' revision and +0.05 points to the new calculation of the 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 May 2017 has been revised downwards to +0.4% instead of +0.6% previously published.
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