In March 2020, food sales increased significantly in S Group stores in Finland as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and after the government announced its first COVID-19 related restrictions on March 12, 2020. In comparison to the food sales in January, the total sales growth reached 25 percent, even though the largest sales growth was limited to certain product groups. These products included flour, bread, grains, and flakes. The sales figures of flour were for example 2.4 times higher in the period of March 9 to 15 than during a typical week in January. Sales of other products, such as canned foods, and frozen foods also increased a lot in comparison to January. In the period of March 16 to 22, the sales growth decreased from the previous week, but sales of several product groups were still considerably higher than usually.
Index value week 3 equals 100. The week 3 of 2020 is the base used to calculate the index value.
S Group is a Finnish network of companies operating in the retail and service with more than 1,600 outlets in Finland. The following supermarket and service station chains belong to S Group: Sale, Alepa, S-Market, Prisma, ABC and ABC-Deli.
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Helsingin Sanomat. (March 28, 2020). Food sales growth in S Group stores due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Finland from January to March 2020, by product type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108038/food-sales-growth-in-s-group-stores-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-2020-by-product-type/
Helsingin Sanomat. "Food sales growth in S Group stores due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Finland from January to March 2020, by product type." Chart. March 28, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108038/food-sales-growth-in-s-group-stores-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-2020-by-product-type/
Helsingin Sanomat. (2020). Food sales growth in S Group stores due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Finland from January to March 2020, by product type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108038/food-sales-growth-in-s-group-stores-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-2020-by-product-type/
Helsingin Sanomat. "Food Sales Growth in S Group Stores Due to The Coronavirus (Covid-19) Outbreak in Finland from January to March 2020, by Product Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108038/food-sales-growth-in-s-group-stores-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-2020-by-product-type/
Helsingin Sanomat, Food sales growth in S Group stores due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Finland from January to March 2020, by product type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108038/food-sales-growth-in-s-group-stores-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-2020-by-product-type/ (last visited May 23, 2022)
