27 October 2017

2017- n° 289
In September 2017, the turnover bounced back sharply in large-scale food retailing (+2.3%) Turnover in large-scale food retailing - September 2017

In September 2017, the turnover in large-scale food retailing bounced back sharply (+2.3% after −2.0% in August). The sales recovered in food products (+1.8% after −2.1%) as well as in non-food products (+1.8% after −1.7%). Sales of automotive fuel rose again strongly (+4.2% after +2.2%).

In September, sales picked up sharply in supermarkets (+2.3% after −1.5%) as well as in hypermarkets (+2.6% after −2.1%).

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Slight fall over the last three months
Growth of 0.6% over a year
Revisions

In September, sales picked up sharply in supermarkets (+2.3% after −1.5%) as well as in hypermarkets (+2.6% after −2.1%).

Slight fall over the last three months

Over the last three months (July to September), the turnover in large-scale food retailing decreased slightly (−0.3%) compared to the previous three months. Over that period, sales went down in food products (−0.9%) whereas they increased in non-food products (+1.1%). They edged down in automative fuel (−0.5%). Sales declined markedly in supermarkets (−1.3%) while they were virtually stable in hypermarkets.

Growth of 0.6% over a year

The turnover of the past three months in large-scale food retailing rose by 0.6% compared to the same period a year earlier. Sales grew markedly in non-food products (+1.3%) whereas they decreased in food products (−1.5%). Sales of automotive fuel surged (+7.9%), boosted by the upturn in fuel prices. Year on year, sales increased slightly in supermarkets (+0.3%). They were stable in hypermarkets.

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

graphiqueGraph3 – Turnover in supermarkets by type of products

graphiqueGraph4 – Turnover in hypermarkets by type of products

Source: INSEE - Enquête mensuelle sur les grandes surfaces alimentaires (EMAGSA)

tableauTable1 – Turnover in large-scale food retailing

SA-WDA value, base year 2010

Turnover in large-scale food retailing (SA-WDA value, base year 2010) -
	Variation en %
Kind of stores or kind of products	Sept./ Aug.	Aug./July	July/June	q-o-q (1)	y-o-y (2)
Turnover (*)	2.3	−2.0	0.2	−0.3	0.6
including
Sales of food products(**)	1.8	−2.1	−0.2	−0.9	−1.5
Sales of non-food products(**)	1.8	−1.7	0.8	1.1	1.3
Sales of automotive fuel(**)	4.2	2.2	0.2	−0.5	7.9
including
Supermarkets(***)	2.3	−1.5	−0.7	−1.3	0.3
Hypermarkets(***)	2.6	−2.1	0.4	−0.1	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)

tableauTable2 – Revisions of variations

(in percentage point)

Revisions of variations ((in percentage point)) -
	Aug./ July	July/ June	June/ May	Q2 2017/ Q1 2017
Large-scale food retailing	−0.28	−0.11	0.01	0.08
raw serie	0.23	−0.23	0.00	0.07
SA-WDA parameters	−0.51	0.12	0.01	0.01

How to read it: Within large scale food retailing, the SA-WDA variation between July and August 2017 is revised by −0.28 points: +0.23 points are due to the raw series' revision and −0.51 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 August 2017 has been revised downwards by 0.3 points to −2.0% instead of −1.7% previously published.