It is time for barbecues

The barbecue season is coming, when the domestic retail trade transacts the bulk of its turnover with special sausages and spices. About 1.3 billion HUF grilled sausage has been sold in shops between 2008 May and 2009. April.

According to the Retail Index of Nielsen Market Research Company, the sales volume of 900 tonnes, is a 7 percent decrease compared to the datas of the previous period. The main reason for the increase is the smaller traffic because of the more expensive raw materials. One kilogram of grilled sausages last year in March-April was 1404 HUF, now at a  similar period this year, it is 1663 HUF. The distribution of grilled sausages is highly concentrated. The 63 percent of  its turnover were bound to  hypermarkets between 2008 May and 2009 April. The annual retail sales of grilled spices has reached 300 million HUF, however, the retail sale of all the spices had been increased between April 2008 and March 2009 until the turnover of grilled spice had been decreased by 6 percent per volume, and 2 percent in value.