The consumption in supermarkets rose for the second consecutive month in April and scored his best record since Javier Milei is president. On the contrary, in wholesale services a decline was verified.
As reported on Wednesday, sales in supermarkets They were 0.5% higher than those in April. In this way, the de -stationalized series presented its highest level since November 2023.
In addition, In annual terms sales rose 8.9%Although it is worth clarifying that he did it from a very low comparison base. Almost all of the transactions during the fourth month of the year were made in person, leaving only 2.7% for virtual operations.
As for the means of payment, a strong real growth in purchases made with “other means of payment”, which include for example payments with QR And a few months ago they represent more than 10% of total transactions. They also rose, although to a lesser extent, credit card purchases, while falling in debit cards and cash use.
At the product level, The annual increases in the consumption of meats, prepared foods and rotisería, clothing, and bakery products were highlighted. At the other extreme, only sales of cleaning and perfumery items fell.
Consumption fell in wholesale self -services, and rose in shoppings
In parallel, sales In wholesale self -services, 3.2% monthly and 2.9% fell, compared to April 2024. In these establishments, the “other means of payment” were the only ones that showed an interannual increase and explain most of consumption (almost 30%).
Here only they rose relevant, in real terms, the consumption of clothing and meat. On the contrary, There were strong falls in fruits and vegetables, and dairy.
Meanwhile, In Shoppings sales, at constant prices, they glued an annual jump of 19.2%according to what is also reported on this day by INDEC.
Despite some improvements versus 2024, compared to 2023 consumption in the aforementioned segments does not accuse improvementssince in Shoppings it yields a contraction of -1.8%, in super of -9.3%and in wholesalers of -17.7%. Even so, formal employment in Commerce rebounded 4.4% in the same period.
The Director of Productive Planning of Fundar, Daniel Schteingart, slid that this may have been given by the growth in the consumption of durable goods (cars, motorcycles, appliances) and because part of the food consumption has been displacing the supermarket for a while ago to other channels (prepared foods, delivery, dietary, among others).
Source: Ambito
