4th Week of May Sales and Monthly Recap
The fourth week of May didn’t break through the negative streak in sales. Independent grocers reported that their same store sales were down 0.16 percent in the fourth and final week of the month compared to the same period in 2018. The customer count was down 0.97 percent.
Predictably, the weekly drops in sales over the four weeks turned the month overall sales into a negative figure. May 2019 ended with sales down 1.13 percent compared to the month in 2018. The customer count showed similar numbers, down 0.99 percent.