Sales in supermarkets grow 2.92% in 2013

The actual billing of supermarkets in the State of São Paulo (deflated by IPS – supermarket price index), the concept of "same stores" (inserted at the base of comparison in the minimum period of 12 months), presented high of 4.79 percent in October compared to September – also result higher than the same period last year, the month of October showed a growth of 0.53% compared with September. Compared to the previous year, October presented a 9.09% growth in sales compared to the same month of 2012, whose growth is directly related to the basis for comparison of the previous year, as the sector had a growth of 0.91% compared to October 2011. That is, a portion of this significant increase is due to the low comparison base.