Food offensive broken

The total volume of retail trade was practically the same in February 2007, as a year earlier. Revenues generated by retail trade in the first two months of 2007 totalled HUF 804 billion. 51,5 per cent of this amount was generated by food or food-type retail stores. In February, total sales in retail stores approached HUF 399 billion, which was 0,2 per cent less than a year earlier. Revenues of specialised stores showed more marked decline (1,1 per cent) than that of general stores (0,1 per cent).