Nielsen: a slowdown in food retail sales growth rate

The food retail sales growth rate slowed in the first three quarters of this year. During January-September 2016 retail sales growth became 2 percent more than in last year's comparable period.

However in the first three quarters of last year, the increase of retail sales was 7 percent, compared to the January-September period of the previous year – the Nielsen Retail Index reveals among other things. The Nielsen Retail Index contains sales data of ninety-food categories surveyed.
(Source: Nielsen)