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25 October 2019
2019
In September 2019, the turnover in large-scale food retailing bounced back (+0.1%) Turnover in large-scale food retailing - September 2019

In September 2019, the turnover in large-scale food retailing was virtually stable (+0.1%) after an increase in August (+0.4%). Sales kept rising in food products (+0.5 % after +0.5%) whereas they were was virtually stable in non-food products (+0.1 % after +0.2%) and in automotive fuel (+0.1% after +0.1%).

Turnover accelerated in supermarkets (+1.3% after +0.2%) whereas it fell back in hypermarkets (−0.7 % after +0.5%).

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In September 2019, the turnover in large-scale food retailing was virtually stable (+0.1%) after an increase in August (+0.4%). Sales kept rising in food products (+0.5 % after +0.5%) whereas they were was virtually stable in non-food products (+0.1 % after +0.2%) and in automotive fuel (+0.1% after +0.1%).

Turnover accelerated in supermarkets (+1.3% after +0.2%) whereas it fell back in hypermarkets (−0.7 % after +0.5%).

Decrease over the third quarter (−1.1%)

Over the third quarter 2019, the turnover in large-scale food retailing decreased by 1.1% compared to the second quarter 2019. Sales decreased by 1.1% in food products and by 1.5% in non-food products. Sales of automotive fuel rose (+1.9%).

Turnover declined in supermarkets (−0.4%) and in hypermarkets (−1.3%).

Decrease of 0.9% over a year

Over the third quarter 2019, the turnover in large-scale food retailing decreased by 0.9% compared to the third quarter 2018. Over that period, sales fell back in food products (−0.8%) and in non-food products (−2.9%). Sales of automotive fuel rose (+1.0%). Year on year, sales were virtually stable in supermarkets (+0.1%) whereas they declined in hypermarkets (−1.5%).

Turnover in large-scale food retailing

SA-WDA value, base year 2015
Turnover in large-scale food retailing (SA-WDA value, base year 2015)
Variation en %
Kind of stores or kind of products Sept./Aug. Aug./July July/June q-o-q (1) y-o-y (2)
Turnover (*) 0,1 0,4 -0,7 -1,1 -0,9
including
Sales of food products(**) 0,5 0,5 0,1 -1,1 -0,8
Sales of non-food products(**) 0,1 0,2 -2,0 -1,5 -2,9
Sales of automotive fuel(**) 0,1 0,1 1,6 1,9 1,0
including
Supermarkets(***) 1,3 0,2 -0,9 -0,4 0,1
Hypermarkets(***) -0,7 0,5 0,0 -1,3 -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)

Turnover in large-scale food retailing by type of retail stores

Turnover in large-scale food retailing by type of retail stores
including hypermarkets including supermarkets Total
2015-01 99.43 100.53 99.96
2015-02 99.17 100.06 99.36
2015-03 97.73 99.75 98.3
2015-04 101.32 100.69 101.09
2015-05 100.95 100.08 100.91
2015-06 101.23 100.74 100.98
2015-07 101.02 100.09 100.49
2015-08 101.32 100.8 101.14
2015-09 99.52 99.61 99.49
2015-10 99.37 98.1 98.92
2015-11 97.58 98.74 98.27
2015-12 101.36 100.82 101.09
2016-01 99.13 97.96 98.95
2016-02 99.89 98.53 99.58
2016-03 100.02 98.92 99.96
2016-04 97.94 95.88 97.24
2016-05 98.62 98.52 98.7
2016-06 98.69 97.29 98.39
2016-07 98.54 98.92 98.85
2016-08 99.41 100.08 99.78
2016-09 99.09 99.43 99.34
2016-10 100.13 100.07 100.41
2016-11 99.43 100.21 100.28
2016-12 99.36 99.57 99.28
2017-01 101.04 102.64 101.7
2017-02 99.88 101.51 100.88
2017-03 99.33 99.81 99.91
2017-04 100.0 102.02 101.13
2017-05 99.33 99.57 99.84
2017-06 99.52 100.4 100.28
2017-07 99.65 99.64 100.37
2017-08 98.61 99.62 99.58
2017-09 100.99 101.19 101.51
2017-10 97.42 100.08 98.85
2017-11 101.47 101.78 102.13
2017-12 100.52 101.56 100.99
2018-01 100.5 103.7 101.82
2018-02 101.53 103.61 102.76
2018-03 103.87 104.19 104.67
2018-04 99.45 100.86 100.22
2018-05 101.55 105.58 103.38
2018-06 102.35 103.91 103.28
2018-07 102.89 105.12 104.19
2018-08 101.43 102.82 102.4
2018-09 101.98 102.35 102.49
2018-10 102.78 105.02 103.52
2018-11 101.49 103.53 102.64
2018-12 100.34 103.86 102.33
2019-01 100.76 102.48 101.98
2019-02 101.19 102.95 102.39
2019-03 100.8 103.16 102.33
2019-04 103.18 104.24 104.03
2019-05 102.0 103.81 103.24
2019-06 100.5 103.84 102.47
2019-07 100.49 102.94 101.79
2019-08 100.99 103.19 102.19
2019-09 100.25 104.54 102.33

Turnover in large-scale food retailing by type of retail stores

  • Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retail activities (Emagsa).

Turnover in super. and hypermarkets by type of products

Turnover in super. and hypermarkets by type of products
Food Automotive fuel Non food
2015-01 99.71 100.82 100.33
2015-02 98.9 102.02 100.71
2015-03 98.43 102.7 98.23
2015-04 99.08 104.53 104.7
2015-05 100.3 102.67 100.39
2015-06 100.53 103.9 100.36
2015-07 100.07 102.89 100.47
2015-08 101.75 98.73 100.05
2015-09 100.3 96.13 99.64
2015-10 99.96 94.63 98.8
2015-11 99.47 94.94 96.6
2015-12 101.49 96.04 99.72
2016-01 99.48 94.01 99.36
2016-02 100.15 93.96 99.79
2016-03 101.1 93.02 99.2
2016-04 96.79 92.35 100.07
2016-05 98.49 99.2 98.09
2016-06 98.95 91.56 97.97
2016-07 99.35 95.08 96.41
2016-08 100.56 95.36 97.61
2016-09 100.28 96.54 96.49
2016-10 100.51 99.68 97.18
2016-11 100.06 101.24 96.26
2016-12 98.04 104.52 94.01
2017-01 100.26 111.64 97.11
2017-02 99.77 106.7 96.11
2017-03 98.31 106.08 97.5
2017-04 100.21 105.24 96.18
2017-05 98.7 104.28 97.82
2017-06 99.94 97.11 98.27
2017-07 99.33 100.87 98.28
2017-08 98.26 103.19 96.93
2017-09 99.49 110.61 99.28
2017-10 98.45 102.37 93.84
2017-11 100.64 109.71 97.86
2017-12 98.8 110.53 94.87
2018-01 99.46 117.58 95.48
2018-02 100.65 113.85 96.05
2018-03 103.73 114.6 94.94
2018-04 97.09 115.13 95.87
2018-05 101.29 119.33 95.08
2018-06 100.92 121.07 93.41
2018-07 101.91 120.05 96.29
2018-08 99.81 121.01 94.37
2018-09 100.29 122.23 93.89
2018-10 100.85 127.89 95.89
2018-11 99.36 127.45 93.36
2018-12 100.78 114.12 94.12
2019-01 100.08 116.98 94.02
2019-02 99.83 117.79 94.28
2019-03 99.46 119.64 94.25
2019-04 102.27 120.61 93.22
2019-05 101.19 119.46 93.69
2019-06 99.29 120.3 93.82
2019-07 99.36 122.24 91.99
2019-08 99.83 122.39 92.16
2019-09 100.29 122.47 92.24

Turnover in super. and hypermarkets by type of products

  • Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retail activities (Emagsa).

Turnover in supermarkets by type of products

Turnover in supermarkets by type of products
Food Automotive fuel Non food
2015-01 100.62 101.7 99.44
2015-02 99.79 102.27 99.71
2015-03 99.18 103.9 99.7
2015-04 99.61 105.03 101.05
2015-05 100.08 103.01 100.11
2015-06 100.55 102.44 100.65
2015-07 99.6 101.23 100.44
2015-08 101.41 97.71 101.88
2015-09 100.34 97.08 99.22
2015-10 98.84 94.39 98.18
2015-11 99.32 94.89 99.16
2015-12 100.66 96.34 100.47
2016-01 98.27 94.1 98.79
2016-02 99.26 91.81 100.15
2016-03 99.57 92.99 99.06
2016-04 95.53 91.35 100.47
2016-05 98.24 101.44 99.17
2016-06 97.89 91.4 97.92
2016-07 99.07 95.01 99.56
2016-08 100.72 95.8 99.41
2016-09 100.02 96.79 98.73
2016-10 99.58 101.35 99.06
2016-11 99.08 100.79 103.73
2016-12 97.8 104.73 98.55
2017-01 100.6 114.37 97.98
2017-02 100.45 108.57 97.19
2017-03 97.71 107.76 98.35
2017-04 101.02 106.88 97.61
2017-05 98.9 105.58 99.69
2017-06 100.37 97.19 99.99
2017-07 99.62 100.38 98.05
2017-08 98.85 103.15 97.41
2017-09 99.69 109.18 99.02
2017-10 99.01 105.56 97.0
2017-11 100.55 108.99 96.23
2017-12 99.37 110.19 95.15
2018-01 100.65 121.5 97.02
2018-02 101.0 115.65 98.32
2018-03 102.33 113.85 95.84
2018-04 97.65 114.11 97.35
2018-05 103.91 118.56 97.04
2018-06 100.94 119.5 94.6
2018-07 102.95 117.84 98.64
2018-08 100.16 118.65 95.03
2018-09 99.93 118.09 92.64
2018-10 101.43 125.92 97.54
2018-11 100.9 121.52 90.8
2018-12 101.78 116.18 94.82
2019-01 100.13 118.03 95.84
2019-02 100.26 116.93 95.55
2019-03 99.91 118.03 95.89
2019-04 102.13 117.54 93.58
2019-05 102.36 116.59 92.85
2019-06 101.27 117.37 95.21
2019-07 100.8 116.82 93.01
2019-08 100.59 116.47 94.37
2019-09 102.37 117.55 94.5

Turnover in supermarkets by type of products

  • Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retail activities (Emagsa).

Turnover in hypermarkets by type of products

Turnover in hypermarkets by type of products
Food Automotive fuel Non food
2015-01 99.04 98.46 100.43
2015-02 98.13 101.05 100.7
2015-03 97.89 102.44 99.17
2015-04 98.82 103.86 104.74
2015-05 100.61 102.27 100.56
2015-06 100.55 107.6 100.32
2015-07 100.35 103.54 100.29
2015-08 101.96 100.54 99.89
2015-09 100.15 96.12 99.46
2015-10 100.79 95.0 98.88
2015-11 99.64 94.55 96.28
2015-12 102.07 94.56 99.28
2016-01 100.31 91.08 99.47
2016-02 101.34 94.09 99.52
2016-03 102.25 93.22 99.61
2016-04 97.59 93.14 99.68
2016-05 98.92 98.49 98.03
2016-06 99.65 94.36 97.98
2016-07 99.54 95.93 95.49
2016-08 100.38 95.31 97.28
2016-09 100.57 96.77 95.54
2016-10 101.02 98.67 97.1
2016-11 100.58 99.51 94.91
2016-12 98.27 103.46 90.76
2017-01 100.13 109.8 97.0
2017-02 99.2 106.1 96.2
2017-03 98.62 105.71 97.52
2017-04 99.57 104.67 96.07
2017-05 98.8 104.17 97.43
2017-06 99.78 100.35 97.83
2017-07 99.28 100.85 98.58
2017-08 97.82 102.56 96.96
2017-09 99.28 110.4 98.72
2017-10 98.0 101.04 93.55
2017-11 100.7 109.41 98.73
2017-12 98.4 110.77 93.15
2018-01 98.54 115.45 95.18
2018-02 100.17 114.1 95.74
2018-03 104.09 115.26 94.81
2018-04 96.27 116.67 95.78
2018-05 99.38 119.57 94.78
2018-06 100.76 123.12 93.38
2018-07 101.46 121.7 95.61
2018-08 99.62 121.71 94.3
2018-09 100.13 122.55 93.89
2018-10 100.15 128.64 95.72
2018-11 98.03 130.09 93.91
2018-12 99.76 111.73 91.92
2019-01 99.7 115.82 93.49
2019-02 99.03 119.79 94.24
2019-03 98.41 121.8 94.12
2019-04 101.9 123.69 93.49
2019-05 100.4 122.41 94.18
2019-06 97.83 123.38 93.83
2019-07 98.44 124.47 91.66
2019-08 99.25 125.06 91.77
2019-09 98.43 123.82 91.71

Turnover in hypermarkets by type of products

  • Source: INSEE - Monthly survey of large-scale food retail activities (Emagsa).

Revisions of variations

in percentage point
Revisions of variations (in percentage point)
Aug./July July/June June/May Q2 2019/Q1 2019 2018/2017
Large-scale food retailing -0,02 0,12 0,07 0,03 0,00
raw serie -0,04 0,16 0,08 0,03 0,00
SA-WDA parameters 0,02 -0,04 -0,01 0,00 0,00
  • How to read it: Within large scale food retailing, the SA-WDA variation between July and August 2019 is revised by -0.02 points: -0.04 points are due to the raw series' revision and +0.02 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 2019 is unchanged at +0.4% (rounded number) compared to previous release.

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