Better-than-average trends

In the first three quarters of the year 200m² and smaller shops had a 27-percent share in the retail value sales of grocery categories audited by Nielsen. However, from candy sales their share was 36 percent. Candy sales were worth HUF 15 billion in the examined period. Value sales were up 3 percent and volume sales grew by 1 percent – a better performance than how food sales developed (plus 2 percent and minus 1 percent, respectively). In the first half of the year 81 percent of the candy we bought was manufacturer brands.