The first quarter of the European food retailing was successful

The recovery from the crisis continued in the food retailing of the developed European countries: store turnover increased by 4, percent in value and 1 percent in volume, compared to January-March of last year – reports Nielsen market research company.

In Hungary, in terms of volume, 3 percent less food, household chemicals and cosmetics were sold in retail trade, during the January-March period, compared to a year earlier. The trend is improved, compared to last year's fourth quarter’s minus 4 percent.
In value retail turnover decreased by 4 percent in Hungary in the January-March period of this year, compared to last year's comparable period.