31 August 2017
2017- n° 234In July 2017, the turnover grew in large-scale food retailing (+0.5%) Turnover in large-scale food retailing - July 2017
In July 2017, the turnover in large-scale food retailing accelerated (+0.5% after +0.1%). The sales bounced back in non-food products (+0.9% after −0.1% in June), while they slowed down in food products (+0.2% after +0.8%). Sales of automotive fuel were stable.
In July, sales in hypermarkets recovered (+0.6% after −0.1%), whereas they edged down in supermarkets (−0.2% after +0.4%).
In July 2017, the turnover in large-scale food retailing accelerated (+0.5% after +0.1%). The sales bounced back in non-food products (+0.9% after −0.1% in June), while they slowed down in food products (+0.2% after +0.8%). Sales of automotive fuel were stable.
In July, sales in hypermarkets recovered (+0.6% after −0.1%), whereas they edged down in supermarkets (−0.2% after +0.4%).
Slight increase over the last three months
Over the last three months, the turnover in large-scale food retailing increased slightly (+0.2%) compared to the previous three months. Over that period, sales went up sharply in non-food products (+1.9%) and more moderately in food products (+0.3%). By contrast, they slumped in automative fuel (−4.3%). Sales in hypermarkets rose slightly (+0.4%), whereas they decreased in supermarkets (−0.7%).
Growth of 2.3% over a year
The turnover of the past three months in large-scale food retailing rose by 2.3% compared to the same period a year earlier. Sales grew in non-food products (+1.4%) as in food products (+0.8%). Sales of automotive fuel surged (+6.0%), boosted by the upturn in fuel prices. Year on year, sales increased markedly in supermarkets (+2.6%) as in hypermarkets (+1.5%).
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 % | |||||
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Kind of stores or kind of products | July/June | June/May | May/ Apr. | q-o-q (1) | y-o-y (2) |
Turnover (*) | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.3 |
including | |||||
Sales of food products(**) | 0.2 | 0.8 | –0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
Sales of non-food products(**) | 0.9 | –0.1 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
Sales of automotive fuel(**) | 0.0 | –4.9 | 0.8 | –4.3 | 6.0 |
including | |||||
Supermarkets(***) | –0.2 | 0.4 | –1.1 | –0.7 | 2.6 |
Hypermarkets(***) | 0.6 | –0.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
- (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
June/ May | May/ Apr. | Apr./ Mar. | Q2 2017/ Q1 2017 | 2016/ 2015 | |
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Large-scale food retailing | –0.02 | –0.07 | –0.18 | –0.21 | 0.06 |
raw serie | 0.17 | –0.10 | –0.07 | –0.08 | 0.06 |
SA-WDA parameters | –0.19 | 0.03 | –0.11 | –0.13 | 0.00 |
- How to read it: within large scale food retailing, the SA-WDA variation between May and June 2017 is revised by -0.02 points: +0.17 points are due to the raw series' revision and −0.19 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 June 2017 has been revised downwards to +0.1% instead of +0.2% previously published.