The volume of food retail sales increased for the first time this year

After the downward trends of the past six years the volume of food retail sales increased for the first time this year.

Between December 2013 and March 2014 the stores sold 4 percent more goods than in last year's comparable period.

According to the datas of the ninety-food categories measured by Nielsen, retail sales in these food categories brought about 470 billion HUF revenues in four months; 3 percent more than a year earlier.