Strong growth for FMCGs in January, thanks to food products

According to the figures for the first period of the year 2021 (january 4^thto January 31st) published by Nielsen, turnover for FMCGs in large and medium-sized food retailers accelerated its growth over the period by +6.9%, and that is thanks to the food sector (+8.3%).

All departments progressed during the first half of 2021: Frozen foods continued to show the strongest growth with +14.3% in value, still driven by ice cream (+30.4% val.) and frozen poultry (+22.4% val.). Fresh still occupies second place, with +9.1% val., in particular through the consumption of fresh fish/crustaceans (+35.7% val.). Groceries and drinks also accelerated their growth in value with +8.2% val. and +6.4% val. respectively.